Mind reading or Extrasensory Perception (ESP) involves communicating thoughts from one person’s mind to another without using any sense organs.
God is Spirit and so are people. We have a body with a brain into which our spirit secretes its thoughts. Then the brain articulates them and sends them through its senses for the body to animate.
The Bible does not say God has a brain. It does say He has a mind and His own thoughts and acts according to His thoughts.
Although we have a brain, we are made in God’s image. Therefore, we think in our spirits or hearts (Proverbs 23:7; Matthew 15:19). Thoughts come as images on the screen of our mind, and we flip through numerous images until we see the one we approve of. We then interpret and translate those images into words that we use as the medium for communicating through words and actions. We give advice, opinions, or examples.
I don’t believe anyone can read someone else's mind. The mind and its thoughts are protected as the property of the sovereign individual. Our thoughts are private. When we act on them, they become public and are scrutinized by all.
But God does know our thoughts and reads our mind. He sees the images we reject and the ones we select.
No one can read or know God's mind directly. We only know God's mind indirectly through His Word. By reading the Bible, we know what God thinks about everything. God communicates His mind and thoughts to us through His written Word and demonstrates His mind and will to us through the Living Word, Jesus Christ.
When we read God's Word and think as He does, we are reading His mind. This will change the way we think and the way we live.
Commit to reading God’s mind daily.
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James H. Cagle has been preaching and getting the Word out since 1982. He has pastored for twelve years. He now writes for twelve newspapers weekly. He has published three books and is working on several others. James spent four years in the Marine Corps and was honorably discharged in 1980 as a sergeant. He grew up in Bemiss, Georgia, and graduated from Lowndes High in 1975. He currently resides in Nashville, Georgia.