Lot's of adjectives get placed in front of the word "mind": open mind, brilliant mind, inquisitive mind. Psalm 7:9 tells us that God "searches minds and hearts." It is mind-boggling to think that God is reading 6 billion+minds at a time and he has some assessments about what he sees there.
Here are some adjectives God uses in the Bible to describe what he reads in the minds of mankind: "warped" (Psalm 12:8), "closed" (Isaiah 44:18), "deluded" (Jeremiah 14:14), "dull" (II Corinthians 3:14), "blinded"(II Corinthians 4:4), and, happily, "willing" and "faithful".
I'm hoping the latter two are what he sees in my mind, but the great thing is he is willing to change our minds! One of his wonderful promises is that we can be "transformed by the renewing of your mind." (Romans 12:2) I know I need it everyday and I'm so grateful to have his Word as a reference point to know where to set my thoughts.
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