Morning by Morning, January 15, 2026 — “We Have the Mind of Christ” and Our Minds are “Being Renewed” at the Same Time
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind, Your desires in my heart, Your words in my mouth, as I wait and seek to follow You. ...
“For ‘who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?’ But we have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16).
In the heavenly realm, the eternal realm, where there is no limitation of time or space, from the moment we are saved “we have the mind of Christ.” In that heavenly realm, You’ve already “made us alive together with Christ (by grace (we) have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:5-6).
In that heavenly realm, You’ve already “blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3). In that heavenly realm, You’ve already made us “a new creation” where “all things have become new” and we have “become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:17-21).
And at the same time, here in this earthly realm, we still need the power of Your grace at work within us to fully embrace who we are, who You are in us, and all You’ve done for us already through the finished work of the Cross. Here in this earthly realm, there are limitations of time and space, and time unfolds on our spiritual journey into spiritual maturity moment by moment, choice by choice.
Every moment is an opportunity to choice well, to come into agreement with what You’ve already done for us, with what You speak to us of who we are and who You are in us. Every moment, in every choice, You call us to “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5). “For this is the will of God, (our) sanctification” (1 Thessalonians 4:3).
In this earthly realm, we still need to be “transformed by the renewing of (our) mind” (Romans 12:2). In this earthly realm, it’s not already done as it already is in the heavenly realm. So, You teach us to pray, “Your kingdom come. Your will be done. On earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). That’s a prayer, a request, even a declaration, that as it already is in heaven (in the heavenly realm), let also be so on earth (in the earthly realm). In the heavenly realm, we already have the mind of Christ.
In this earthly realm, keep renewing our minds that as You keep forming the mind of Christ in us. Here on earth, here in this earthly realm, You say, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways” (Isaiah 55:8). That’s where we begin, but that’s not where You want us to end. You want us to have Your mind, to think Your thoughts, to move in Your ways, on earth as it already is in heaven, in this earthly realm as it already is in the heavenly realm.
In Christ, we live in both realms at the same time. Through the finished work of the Cross, You’ve bridged the gap for us between those realms. So now it’s possible, by the power of Your grace at work within us, for You to put Your thoughts in our minds, so that our thoughts become more like Your thoughts. You’re “renewing” our thoughts in our minds to align with “the mind of Christ” if we’ll let You.
Yes, Lord. I let You. I want You to keep “renewing” my mind, to keep aligning my mind with Your mind, my thoughts with Your thoughts, my ways with Your ways. Here in this earthly realm, in all honesty and humility before You, I have to admit I still have a long way to go. But I’m on the journey of spiritual maturity, to “grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ” (Ephesians 4:15). “He who calls (me) is faithful, who will also do it” (1 Thessalonians 5:24).
Thank You for Your grace, that I need and that I have, every day in my “progress and joy of faith” (Philippians 1:25). “Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in (me) will (be faithful to) complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6). “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3).
It's already done in heaven. Lord, let it be done on earth—here in my mind, here in my thoughts, here on my daily journey with You in the choices of every moment—as it is in heaven. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be empowered by the grace of God at work within you to embrace the mind of Christ that you already have in the heavenly realm here in this earthly realm, as He puts His thoughts in your mind, renewing your mind every day, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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