Thinking with God

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God does not need to think 
but we do need to PRAY

Proverbs 16:1 The preparations of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
God has a different nature, his mind does not operate like humans’. He does not need to think; and by thinking I mean to evaluate and rearrange the motives and ideas. He has the answers because He has the absolute wisdom. 

The preparation of the heart or thinking belong to man. And Adam's fall made it harder, now we have an imbalance; we need to weigh things, to question our motivations and ideas. The knowledge of good and evil made us know them both but yet we like them both. We usually need to work our minds and hearts to differentiate between good and evil.

There is a conflict between our Spirit and our flesh. Our spirit wants to do the will of God but our flesh wants to submit to its body desires. Mark 14:37 “The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

When you are born-again "Prayer" becomes an essential process in your maturity. During prayer we assess our motives. We submit to God’s will. Mark 14:36 says, “nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.” We fight our evil preference and seek God’s help. Mark 14:37 states, “Could you not watch one hour?”

As I grow to know God more, I’ve learned that he does not need to think. As he knows it all, he is perfect. On the other hand, we need to think and also to evaluate our thought in the light of the Bible’s truth. Unlike God we have a conflict and we need to pray our thoughts to test and purify our hearts.

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