Mind Restoration & Life Transformation

Build a Trusting Relationship with God
The primary benefit of Biblical mediation is that it empowers us to build a deeper and more trusting relationship with God.
Do you sometimes feel like your relationship with God has lost its potency or that the depth of your connection with God is not what it should be? Do you feel like you want more out of your spiritual journey with Jesus? You are not alone; many of us struggle with these same feelings. I know from my personal experience that Biblical meditation has the potential to revolutionize your relationship with God.
When building healthy relationships based on trust, friendship is essential. Jesus makes this clear when He says:
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends… no longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. (John 15:13-15 ESV).

The Apostle James says in the fulfilled Scripture:
“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness—and he was called a friend of God.” (James 2:23 ESV)
These verses emphasize the necessity of friendship with God. Think about your own life. Whom do you trust more: someone you have a deep friendship with or someone you have a causal relationship with?
To build a trusting, friendship-based relationship with God, Biblical meditation is highly effective. Biblical meditation allows us to be attuned to God. Attunement facilitates an internal shift in our state of being and enhances resonance, which allows us to enter another person's inner world. In the case of God, we enter the inner world of Jesus Christ. This is what the Apostle Paul was referring to in the following verses when he asked:
“Who has understood the mind of the Lord to instruct him? Nevertheless, we have the mind of Christ.” (1 Corinthians 2:16). And “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 2:5)
Acquiring the mind of Christ is the essence of attunement and resonance. Resonance is only possible in close relationships because at its core it is the sense of feeling. Biblical meditation is a privilege that allows us into the inner chambers of God to experience Him and, in turn, be transformed, empowered, and elevated to a higher, noble purpose.
Another crucial aspect of having a healthy relationship with God is secure attachment. Secure attachment is based on unconditional love. Take a moment and reflect on your relationship with God. How do you see Him? Do you see God as someone who wants to judge you for the wrongs you have done and the wrongs you are doing now? Or do you see Him as a merciful Father who loves you?
The perspective we take of God determines the quality of our relationship with Him. From an attachment theory perspective, “attachment” means “the affectionate bond between an individual and an attachment figure.” This bond is evidenced in child and primary attachment figure relationships, such as one between a child and parent. In this type of relationship, the child depends on their parent to fulfill their needs such as: safety, security, shelter, sustenance (food), love, and comfort.
Attachment figures are providers of biological/survival needs, the psychological need for safety, the social need for connection, and—in the context of God—the spiritual need for salvation. To reiterate, there are four basic human needs: survival needs, safety needs, social needs, and the need for salvation. The attachment theory postulates that a child intrinsically, instinctively, and intuitively attaches to a primary attachment figure to fulfill all the aforementioned needs.
Entering into a deep, restorative relationship with God does not come through mere superficial hearing and reading the Bible. If you desire transformation in your spiritual journey, I invite you to meditate on the truth embedded in the Bible. Direct your attention to God’s love and mercy, study His excellent grand plan of redemption, allow your mind to be saturated by these themes, and I assure you that your life will change for the better.
Character Formation: Enabling Positive Habits and Reversing Bad Habits
The Bible teaches, “As you think in your heart, so are you.” (Proverbs 23:7). Our thought life determines our character.
Think of it like this: thoughts + feelings + habits = character.
I’ve learned that my character is who I am. Here’s a question to ponder: What is your character? Who are you?
Character development starts in our thinking—about ourselves, family, and others. Our thoughts provide us with motivation, direction, and consistency. Our identity as people is essential based on our motives, feelings, and thoughts. These motives, feelings, and thoughts drive us relationally, emotionally, spiritually, and behaviorally.
Hence, we can conclude that healthy character development is the movement of God's grace towards us in the redemptive activity of Christ. The redemptive work of Christ is to transform our lives. Read this verse and meditate on it:
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” (2 Corinthians 5:17)
Next, let’s take a more in-depth look at what it means to be a new creation in Christ Jesus through the prism of Biblical meditation.