I have just begun to read the book, A Whole new Mind: Why Right-Brainers will Rule the Future, by Daniel H. Pink.  The premise being that in our current global world we need to emphasize a new way of thinking and being.  The Author writes that gone are the days of Lawyers, Accountants, and Engineers. That we need to move away from the left brain dominance that defines us.

       In the book he puts forth two areas that we need to develop in, high concept and high touch.  High concept being about concepts and patterns and high touch dealing with the areas of empathy,care, etc. People with these mindsets and skill sets, work as care givers, designers, inventors, teachers, and storytellers.  They are right-brain thinkers.

     Now since I am a right brain person, I can totally buy into these ideas because they really affirm who I am.  But God created us all with unique minds, personalities, and abilities and intends for us to work together with our individual strengths.  God also intends much more in regards to our minds, and includes another perspective for us to consider.

     The scriptures describe ways in which we should focus and develop our minds.  In Matthew 22, Jesus tells the Pharisees “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind”.  The use of our mind includes focusing all of our being to loving God.  Every part of our person was created in part for this purpose.

  The Apostle Paul also speaks of the mind.  In the Romans 12, he writes, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds.  So that you may discern what is the will of God–what is good and acceptable and perfect.”  Paul is encouraging us to let the word of God by the Spirit re-configure our brains to function as they were intended.  In Philippians 2, he tells us to “Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus” and as the passage continues we see that Jesus emptied himself and became a servant.  Here again, Paul is speaking about the re-working and configuring of our minds to be like that of Christ.  In the book of Colossians, Paul tells us to “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”  He is encouraging us not to focus on this place, not to get all wrapped up in what is going on here.  Are focus is to be on God and his purposes.

     Whether we are left brainers or right brainers, God shows us areas that our brains are to be focused and developed. Perhaps God is encouraging us to be “whole-brainers.”

Picture: Brain, by Dierk Schaefer