Clear Thinking

by | Apr 8, 2026 | Articles, Mentors Corner

It goes without saying that we are in a battle for our minds. A quick scroll through our phones or a short drive down the road evidences the fact that we live in a world that is fighting to gain the attention of our thoughts. Not only that, but so many things control or affect our thinking – our experience, our culture, where we live, how we were raised, what seems fair to us. Proverbs 23:7 tells us that “as a man thinks, so is he,” and so we know that our thinking has a lot to do with how we perceive the world and how we live our lives. How do we as believers resolve to use clear thinking to live with an eternal focus in a temporal world? Fortunately, the Bible has much to say about this topic. God has created us with minds that function beyond our comprehension. We have the ability to think quickly, think deeply, and process information in magnificent ways. And yet we don’t think the way that He does. Isaiah 55:8-9 says, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Not only do we not think like God does, but our thinking often leads to death, ruin, and destruction. Proverbs 14:12 tells us that “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” The root of the problem lies in our sin...