How Can We Make Our Thinking Reflect Jehovah's? (Romans 8:5-6)

Do you think like God? Is that always the case? That is highly unlikely: imperfect humans normally find themselves in the same boat as the apostle Peter, whom Jesus corrected for not thinking God's thoughts but those of men instead (Matthew 16:22-23). Everyone has their "Peter moment" including me. Therefore, what does it take to be a spiritual person or to think like Jehovah thinks? Compare 1 Corinthians 2:10-16.

One definition given for a spiritual person is someone who is "God-oriented." A spiritual person tries to reflect Jehovah's thinking even when there is no explicit law to supply direction, even with no express command. "You must not murder" is an explicit dictate (Exodus 20:13). However, Jehovah doesn't give explicit dictates for every situation in life. So, how can we reflect God's thinking when we don't have clear-cut laws to direct us? How can we possibly sync our thinking with God's if we don't have a law governing our choices (e.g., the law against murder)?

Rather than having clear-cut laws for everything, Jehovah supplies Bible principles. Mature Christians train their perceptive powers (powers of discernment) to distinguish right from wrong based on godly principles (Hebrews 5:14). One Bible principle is that we should do all things for God's glory (1 Corinthians 10:31); another principle is that Christians should cleanse themselves of every defilement of flesh and spirit (2 Corinthians 7:1). What will make it possible for us to apply such principles in the proper way?

1) A regular routine of Bible study and 2) We need to do research as the words of King Solomon suggest (Ecclesiastes 12:9-10; cf. Psalm 1:1-3).

Another essential step is prayer. Jehovah promises to direct our paths and make them straight if we rely on him, and look to him in all of our ways (Psalm 62:8; 65:2; Proverbs 3:5-6; 1 John 5:14-15).