Friday, May 18, 2007
FEED YOUR HEAD
“Feed your head … Feed your head … Feed your head.” So go the closing words of the evocative song--"White Rabbit"--by Jefferson Airplane. There are, in this psychedelic song from 1967, obvious parallels between hallucinatory drug effects and the bizarre imagery in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.
The words “Feed your head” have been reverberating in my head lately (I heard the song recently), and bring to mind some similar words with a much different meaning. In Romans 12:2, the apostle Paul urges Christians to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” The Greek verb translated “transformed” is metamorphousthe (think of the word “metamorphosis”) and means change from the inside out. That change comes about as we “feed our heads” (with apologies here to Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane) with the Word of God. While many people choose to feed their heads with drugs, alcohol, and other worldly mind-changers, how much more should Christians desire to feed and fill our minds with the Word of God.
For the Christian, the words of the dormouse --“Feed your head" -- are instructive indeed, although not for the reason that the song “White Rabbit” had in mind!
The words “Feed your head” have been reverberating in my head lately (I heard the song recently), and bring to mind some similar words with a much different meaning. In Romans 12:2, the apostle Paul urges Christians to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” The Greek verb translated “transformed” is metamorphousthe (think of the word “metamorphosis”) and means change from the inside out. That change comes about as we “feed our heads” (with apologies here to Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane) with the Word of God. While many people choose to feed their heads with drugs, alcohol, and other worldly mind-changers, how much more should Christians desire to feed and fill our minds with the Word of God.
For the Christian, the words of the dormouse --“Feed your head" -- are instructive indeed, although not for the reason that the song “White Rabbit” had in mind!
