Unlearn and be free

Failing to 'unlearn' keeps us from becoming who God wants us to be. The man in John 5 is a great example of this. He had been disabled for thirty-eight years when Jesus asked if he would like to get well. The man had 'learned' there was only one way to be healed: 'I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up' (John 5:7 NKJV). This man assumed something that may have cost him thirty-eight years! He thought that to be healed, he had to be the first person into the pool of Bethesda when an angel stirred the water. He had 'learned' a belief that kept him imprisoned.

But Jesus refuted that inaccurate belief with one sentence: 'Take up your bed and walk' (John 5:11 NKJV). Jesus set this man free, physically and cognitively. Faith is unlearning the senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive. And that's what we do when we act on Scripture. We literally upgrade our minds by a download of the mind of Jesus (see 1 Corinthians 2:16).

Unlearning something is twice as hard as learning it. Why? Because generally we have to double back to get to where we need to be. Getting old thoughts out of our mind is harder than getting new thoughts into it. But it's worth it.



So what now? Renew your mind with God's word. When you unlearn the unhelpful beliefs and habits you've learned over time, you'll find you are set free in so many other ways.





— SCRIPTURE —

'My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.' Hosea 4:6 NKJV
— SOULFOOD —

Deut 14-17, Matt 13:1-9, Ps 78:32-39 , Pro 16:31