It’s All in Your Mind

J l 1 ) J ] ] J ] ] j I , children out of time, or pleasures, or opportunity, or money. When Christians learn this, they team a great lesson. This is not a heart attitude; it is a mental attitude. If you can get a willing mind with your money, you will have a willing mind in any area of your life. We live in a world where attitudes are important and some of our attitudes as Christians are not right. In 2 Corinthians 9:12, we have our word translated, frowardness of mind. It would seem that Paul infers that a plan is worked out to give the money promised. Many times God asks us only to be willing and He never expects us to go beyond that willingness. But at other times, He does. So you go from an intention or attitude to willingness to readiness, to performance. That is the formula. You can see how important it was for David to tell Solomon that a perfect heart was not all that was needed. A willing mind is necessary. Possibly many today are one-cylinder instead of two-cylinder Christians. 13