554 The Spiritual Man
(10) Passivity is overturned; he is recovered.
(11) By maintaining his will, he has not only succeeded in
thereafter retaining his normalcy, but also
(12) His mind is so recovered that he can do what he could not do
before.
Let us see that a renewed mind is something deeper than simply a
freed one. To regain the strongholds forfeited through passivity and
believing the enemy’s lie means merely to restore What has been
lost; but to be renewed includes not only restoration of what Was
relinquished but also a coming into possession of something higher
than he originally had. To have a mind renewed is to arrive at the
highest possibility Which God has ordained for his mind. God wants
the Christian’s mind not just to be unshackled from the power of
darkness by becoming Wholly self-controlled, but in addition to be
renewed so that it can cooperate completely With the Holy Spirit.
God desires the mind to be full of light, Wisdom and understanding,
With all its imaginations and reasonings purified and brought to
perfect obedience to God’s Will (Col. 1.9). Let us therefore not be
content With but a little gain.