July 10

Let the Christ-mind be in you

“For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ” (1 Cor. 2:16).
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 2:5).
“Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin” (1 Peter 4:1).

We can only enter into this mind of Christ when He has entered into us—when the mind of the old Adam, the covetous mind that wants to be something, has been condemned and deprived of its rights that it may be put to death on the Cross. Then we can receive the Son of God into the center of our lives so that we become partakers of His mind, the mind which denies itself and its own things, ever responding “Yea, Father” to the will of God, and stands at His disposal in life and action, in doing and letting be, in work and suffering.


Oh, how this mind of Christ transforms us and our relation to our surroundings! When it has taken possession of us it gives us an inner contentment with the way God leads us. All worry over our own way and will is at an end. “I delight to do thy will, O my God” becomes the watchword of a soul that is filled with the mind of Christ. The least, most insignificant place, which might be compared to the home in Nazareth, is big enough to show forth the glory of God in such a life. Work in the stables, in the scullery, in the laundry, or wherever it may be, will be transfigured into holy divine service, since the Father will be glorified through the mind of the Son.
But when anyone who has this mind stands alone, or has to live and serve among others who have the old selfish disposition, he has glorious opportunities to exalt the victory of self-renouncing love, and through daily dying to bear fruit in a life of voluntary sacrifice. He will be triumphant even in misunderstandings and persecution, and will finally prove the truth of the words: “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” The wonder of this blessed life lies in this, that he who loses finds, and he who dies lives, he that humbles himself is exalted, he who humbly gives up his own rights is raised to a divine position of authority, he who possesses nothing has all things, and whatsoever we surrender for Christ’s sake, we find again, transfigured and glorified in Him.
—Sister Eva.

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