Transformed by the renewal of your mind

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

By Franklin Graham

Reprinted from 30-Day-Spiritual-Bootcamp.pdf

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by
the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern
what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable
and perfect.”
—ROMANS 12:2, ESV

An individual with a Biblical worldview looks at the world and sifts all information through the lens of God’s Word. Scripture informs his thinking and behavior, guiding his intellect and moral determinations. The Bible is the bedrock that undergirds his entire life.

The secular worldview dismisses God as irrelevant in the affairs of men and government, and views critical moral issues as independent of God’s moral character and principles. Clear definitions of right and wrong are impossible to determine. Over and against every competing worldview, the Bible forcefully declares, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind” (Romans 12:2, ESV). In other words, the only way to see all of life accurately is through the transforming lens of Scripture.

The Biblical worldview says there is a God—One who is personal, powerful and caring—who created the world and everything in it. Mankind—born and unborn, rich and poor, able and disabled—has intrinsic worth. Almighty God is a sovereign God, ruler over nations, states, empires, and governments. He is to be worshiped and obeyed through the precepts and principles revealed in His infallible Word. The Biblical worldview also asserts the existence and reality of sin and evil. “All have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). War, disease, violence, injustice and the myriad problems that beset the world are the result of man’s rebellion against God. Any attempt to create a utopian society, to permanently solve global problems, is doomed to fail.

For now.

But one day soon, as the Biblical worldview triumphantly proclaims, the Lord Jesus Christ will return to earth, meting out eternal judgment to those who have rebelled against Him while gathering to Himself the saints, who will rule along with Him in a new heaven and a new earth. There will be no more sickness, no more death, no more disease, no more violence, for our enemy will be cast into an eternal lake of fire, and sin will be no more (Revelation 20:10).

This is the only worldview that sees clearly and rightly, causing the heart to rejoice for eternity.

Lord, transform me and renew my mind as You wash it
by Your Word. Help me to see all of life through the lens
of Scripture and give me the power to live each day in
obedience to You. I pray in Jesus’ Name. Amen.