Worthy Brief - 11/17/2025
Friend, the mind of Messiah: seeing from heaven's perspective!
1 Corinthians 2:16 For "WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM?" But we have the mind of Christ.
Every transformation begins in the mind. What you believe about God — and about yourself in Him — shapes how you walk, how you respond, how you live. You can be redeemed in spirit and yet still live bound if your mind remains shackled to earthly thinking. This is why Scripture commands us to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:2). True identity takes root when your thoughts come into alignment with what heaven already declares about you.
When you were born of the Spirit, your spirit was made new in an instant — but your mind must be renewed through truth. Heaven’s language will always contradict the noise of this world. The world says, “You are what you do,” but heaven says, “You are who I created you to be.” The world defines you by your failures; heaven defines you by the finished work of Yeshua (Jesus). The world calls you broken; heaven calls you beloved. Transformation happens the moment your thinking begins to agree with heaven’s view — when your inner dialogue echoes His eternal Word.
Paul wrote, “Who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Messiah” (1 Corinthians 2:16). To have the mind of Messiah means you begin to think from above, not beneath — not as a slave begging for breakthrough, but as a son or daughter who sits with Him in heavenly places. And more than that — you think as one whom He has ordained as a king and a priest. As a priest, you perceive God with intimacy; as a king, you perceive the world with authority. Heaven’s perspective is not poetic sentiment — it is divine reality. When you think like heaven, fear loses its grip, shame has no place, and peace becomes the atmosphere of your heart.
Yeshua modeled this perfectly. He walked the earth yet thought from eternity. Surrounded by storms, He carried calm. Faced with hatred, He responded with love. Even upon the cross, He saw redemption where others saw defeat. This is the mind of Messiah — anchored in the Father’s truth, unshaken by circumstances, and filled with heavenly perspective.
The renewed mind does more than shift your thoughts — it transforms your sight. You begin to interpret life not through wounds but through worship, not through limitation but through love. The renewed mind doesn’t ask, “What do I lack?” but declares, “His divine power has given me everything I need for life and godliness” (2 Peter 1:3). It no longer asks, “Who am I?” but confidently answers, “I am who He says I am — His royal priest, His beloved child, His ambassador on earth.”
To walk in your true identity, you must think from your true position. You are seated with Messiah in heavenly places — not striving from the earth upward, but reigning from heaven downward. As a king, you decree His will into the earth. As a priest, you carry His heart into every place you go. This heavenly perspective transforms everything: trials become training, battles become platforms for glory, and every season becomes an invitation to reveal the nature of the One who lives within you.
As Colossians 3:2–3 declares, “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Messiah in God.”
When your thoughts dwell in heaven, your life begins to reflect heaven. As your mind is renewed, you become a living manifestation of divine reality — heaven’s witness wearing human skin.
Friend, lift your gaze. Think from where you are seated — not from earth’s confusion but from heaven’s clarity. Allow the Spirit to retrain your thought life until your mind becomes a mirror of Messiah’s heart. Reject every thought that speaks less than God’s truth. Agree with His Word until your thoughts roar with His perspective. You have the mind of Messiah — so think like heaven, walk like a son, and rule like a king-priest who carries divine understanding and authority. Transformation begins when your thoughts rise to where your spirit already sits — in heavenly places with Him.
Your family in the Lord with much agape love,
George & Baht Rivka (Arad, Israel)
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