Bethany Christian Church The Pastor's Pen

From the Pastor:              

“Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus..." (Phil 2:5)

 I always enjoyed watching the TV series of Star Trek, and my favorite character is Mr. Spock. He has some amazing abilities...the most amazing is the mindmeld. He can, by touching a person's face, know what they are thinking and feeling… their minds become one. He usually says something like, "Your thoughts to my thoughts, your mind to my mind... our minds are becoming one" or something like that.  

Wish I could do that. It would be a neat and helpful ability for a pastor (or anyone) to have, for it's difficult, almost impossible often to know what others are really feeling and thinking. We hide them fairly well many times.  

Well, I know that's just TV, but it seems to me that Paul is telling us this very same thing in Phil. 2:5 - to be like-minded with Christ!  Just imagine…to mindmeld with the Son of God...to be so in tune with him that we are one mind, we know what he thinks, how he feels, we have the same mindset...we see ourselves, God, others, and the world in the same way...  

What a goal for each of us – to see the world through Jesus’ eyes.  What would that mean to us as a church as we looked for ways to serve others?  Wow – ponder on that for a while, will you?  I am!  

Peace to each of you!