Let’s get to the bottom of this verse from
2 Timothy. Having a ‘sound mind’ seems like an odd thing to be promised. It sounds kind of vague, but we reckon that Paul is reminding Timothy of the way God helps him process things. That includes the mental-tools that He makes available to all of us, which help us figure out the godly-best way of living. Things like self-control and peace. Discernment is a big part of that. Now, we’ve all got some natural sense of what’s good for us, and what isn’t. Godly discernment, though, that comes with a sound mind from Him, goes a step further. God gives us the gift of sensing what is wise, from the mundane (maybe I shouldn’t be on Facebook when I have 43 deadlines tomorrow…), right up to the more profound/harder to pin down stuff. Like when we sense that something/somewhere just isn’t quite *right*, spiritually. Or when He gives us an idea that we REALLY shouldn’t go to that place, for our sake. Or maybe we sense the need to pray for and support someone, that we might not normally pick up on.
Just like the other aspects of God’s Spirit in today’s verse, we don’t need to work for a sound mind. We need to ask for one. Good and evil, effective and ineffective, worthwhile and worthless. When faced with choices, God will give us a deep-down sense of what to step in to, and what to step away from.

What Now?
Go on then. Ask for it. Ask for God to share His discernment with you, and keep a list on your phone of the times that you feel it come into play today.