Bible Reading: Philippians 2
There’s this Nigerian street expression that I like. When someone does something audacious, they’d tell you ‘you have mind!’
I mean, who doesn’t?
We can say everyone has a mind, but maybe what’s more important than merely having a mind is what we ‘tune’ our minds to.
Philippians 2 is not just Paul emptily encouraging the Philippians about being ‘like-minded’ with each other (v. 2) or bragging about Timothy being ‘like-minded’ with him (v. 20).
I think between all that, he shares huge secrets about how being right-minded is what will bring us to these beautiful places of being like-minded.
And he gives us the big secret of our minds being rightly tuned: We tune it to Christ.
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus Phil 2:5 NKJV
Think as Christ Jesus thought. Phil 2:5 NLV
It’s like how in music, it’s not just important that an instrument is in tune by itself, but it is important that it is in tune to the overall master key. Every instrument will find that when it is rightly in tune with the master key, it can be in tune with the orchestra and it can make good music.
I think that is Paul’s argument in this entire chapter:
By being like-minded with Christ, we can be right-minded towards and like-minded with our community (v. 2), right-minded for ourselves (v. 3), right-minded towards the people in our world (v. 4), right-minded towards God (v. 9-11), right-minded whether we’re close or far away (v. 12-13), right-minded towards our jobs/endeavours (v.14-16), right-minded towards sacrifice and service (v. 17-18), right-minded towards leadership, and like-minded with our leaders (v. 19-23), right-minded in challenges (v 25- 27), and right-minded in giving honour (29-30)
The rightness of our mind towards life and all that is before us is to the extent that we tune our minds to Christ. We must be asking the Holy Spirit to help us think like Christ.
In the day and age in which we live, it is so important that we think like Christ! As we look to the second half of the year, we’re either going to get our minds rightly tuned or be swamped into the mindedness of the world. The world is so negative, so burdensome, so full of distractions, and so low on expectations that we cannot afford to be casual about our mindedness.
Paul demonstrates how we come to think like Christ. We consider and meditate on Him, His life and His ways. Paul demonstrates an example of this to the Philippians in the sixth to the eleventh verse of our reading.
Do the same. What do you know about Christ, His life and His ways? Meditate on it.
Christ didn’t think disconnected or disadvantaged or defeated or depressed. Christ didn’t think frustrated or frozen or fried.
It is to the extent that we get it like Christ in our minds that we will be right-minded towards all that God holds for us in the rest of this year and beyond.
As we wait on God today, let’s believe to be minded to win in the second half of the year; minded to thrive in God’s bests; minded to prosper in the plans and purposes that God invites us to. May we not be mentally enslaved and oppressed.
21 Comments
Mercy Aluko
Christ didn’t think disconnected or disadvantaged or defeated or depressed. I don’t think disconnected, disadvantaged, defeated or oppressed as well. I have the mind of Christ in Jesus name. Amen.
Thank you, sir.
Deborah
Thank you very much Sir
Manasoko
We would not be mentally enslaved or oppressed! We would be minded like Christ!
W. Remi Agun
Amen, Mana. Amen!
BB+Olotu
What’s more important than merely having a mind is what we ‘tune’ our minds to. “We tune it to Christ”. Thank you sir
Boluwatife Olubodun
The world is so negative, so burdensome, so full of distractions, and so low on expectations that we cannot afford to be casual about our mindedness.
I will not be casual about my mindedness. Amen!
Thank you so much, PTM.
Maureen
Amen!
Joy
“The rightness of our mind towards life and all that is before us is to the extent that we tune our minds to Christ.”
This was so profound for me!
Walking in the steps of Jesus…
Thank you sir?
Favour+Jonah
Thank you PTM.
I have the mind of Christ…
Oluwaseun AMBALI
Amen! Minded to win and being right-minded whether far or near. This is huge! Thank you pastor. More grace sir!
Essiee
May we not be mentally enslaved and oppressed. But having the mind of Christ, may we thrive and prosper in God’s purpose for our life.
Thank you sir!
W. Remi Agun
“It is to the extent that we get it like Christ in our minds that we will be right-minded towards all that God holds for us”. Amen
Oyinkan+Adebayo
Amen! I am minded of Christ and His ways.
Thank you, pastor T.
Ayoyemi Adebayo
By being like minded with Christ, we can be right minded. I have the mind of Christ IJN
Olusola+Aleru
I am minded of Jesus! My mind is in tune with Christ’s. My latter part of the year prospers as I thrive in a God-mindedness. Amen!
Emmanuel Igboba
Thank you Pastor. I have the mind of Christ. I stay tuned in the mindedness of the Spirit. Amen.
Tolulope
Amen. Thank you sir.
Seun Sunmola
I will keep my mind meditating on Jesus. Amen! Thank you, sir.
Titi
Thank you sir!
I am guided by the Holy Spirit to keep my mind in tuned.
TOMIWA POPOOLA
Amen , thank you sir
Cornelius
I’m connected, I’m advantaged, I’m not defeated, I’m not depressed.
I don’t think frustrated, I don’t think frozen, I don’t think fried.
God bless you Pastor.