Renew my mind?????

Those who really know me know my love for Michael Buble’s music. I recall it was June 2010 when I was introduced to his music. I honestly did not like it at first but after a while I decided to give him a chance, loaded all his albums in my mp3 player and got on a mission to hear what the fella was trying to communicate to me. My oh my did I fall in love; I can’t go for a long time without my sugar Michael fix. I listen to him even when I am studying, I know a hand full of his tracks off by heart and in some songs those funny gestures like the ohs, ahs, uhms. What has happened is that most of his music is now safely tucked in my subconscious mind. We all have that song we know, we can go years without singing it but the moment we hear it we sing along, drag our breaths the way the singer does, do the ahs, yeahs, uhms, ers, and pause when they pause. You know what I am talking about. I was shocked to discover I still know every single word and gesture of a song I last heard in grade 7, it used to be on repeat, the disc was a gift from a neighbor who had a crush on me, I think Elijah is his name, I repeated those songs so much I think my mom was involved in the crime scene of its disappearance. Renewal of the mind.

 “The reason we can’t get things to work out in our lives is because we only renew our mind’s spirit to its conscious level” Creflo Dollar said earlier. Now that got me thinking. He made a similar example to the ones I just made above. I have played Buble’s music so much that it left my conscious mind and has settled into my subconscious. It is effortless for me to sing his songs, I don’t have to think and scratch my kaffir hare *forgive me to those who are extra sensitive to the k word, my hair is what we blacks call kaffir hare, thick, course, curled up and hard to maintain* to recall the lyrics, no effort, just words flowing. Have you seen a late mom in the morning driving past taking her children to school? She can drink coffee, put the cup back into the car cup holder, adjust the music volume, put on her mascara at the red ‘robot’, fasten the little ones seat belt, then answer her phone or quickly reply to a text, all the while driving. This only means she is not using extensive effort in her driving, it is so well imbedded in her subconscious that she does not have to remind herself to brake, she does not have to say out loud “clutch, change gear, indicate, turn, hoot, yield, go slow, stop” *you know the drill*. All she does is just drive. It’s almost effortless in the true sense of the phrase. Renewal of the mind.

Now I have become challenged to renew my mind concerning my knowledge, understanding and application of the word of God in my life. See, I know Michael Buble’s songs so effortlessly but my mind has not been renewed to the state of instantaneous reactions of scripture when panic, fear, and turmoil creep in. I am challenged to renew my mind concerning the word of God, I know scriptures and what some say, what they mean and how they have changed and sharpened my understanding and walk in God but I have not renewed my mind enough like I have with Michaels’s romantic lyrics. Renewal of the mind.

Creflo put it so well, when you repeat something so often that it sticks to your subconscious, each time you repeat it, your mind is being renewed to that particular thing, each repeat increases its value, clarity, understanding, revelation, love and fondness. I honestly have not cracked the mind renewal trick when it comes to certain scriptures and a few other aspects of my life. He said something along these lines “when you have repeated and understood a scripture, when you are faced with a situation that links to it, the music goes on and the lyrics *scripture* flows out of you, either as a song, prayer or confession.” Lord I want to reach that stage, phela it sometimes takes a while to have the linking scripture flow like Michaels lyrics do. Renewal of the mind.

I hope you concur.