Psalms 139:13 (ESV Strong's)
For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
God Forms My Mind
The word in the above passage for “inward” is a Hebrew word that carries the literal meaning of the “kidney,” but is used throughout Scripture, figuratively, “the mind.” It is the used in the following ways in OT literature:
Psalms 7:9 (ESV Strong's)
Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and may you establish the righteous—
you who test the minds and “hearts,”
O righteous God!
Psalms 26:2 (ESV Strong's)
Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
test my heart and my “mind.”
Proverbs 23:16 (ESV Strong's)
My “inmost being” will exult
when your lips speak what is right.
God forms the mind and wants to continue to “renew” the mind after our justification. Note what Paul tells us:
Romans 12:2 (ESV Strong's)
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
God is in the process of renewing our minds and restoring what He designed from the beginning of the world. Sin damages our thinking. It is only be regeneration of the Spirit that our minds are restored to what God wants.
Titus 3:5 (ESV Strong's)
he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
This is why taking Gods Word and allowing it to reshape our minds changes those old bad thoughts and renews our minds. Here is what Job was asked directly by God:
Job 38:36 (ESV Strong's)
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts
or given understanding to the mind?
God gives us understanding. If we have problems with our thinking we need to allow God to change and form our mind through His Word. If we don’t read His Word and meditate upon His Word and obey His Word our minds can’t be formed by God and will be formed by those around us.
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