Top Down Thinking in a Bottom Up World’s central truth is found in Romans 12:2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. (NLT)It is the behavior and customs of this world that shape our identity from an early age, from this identity we choose our options for life and seek purpose. This in turn, determines our actions, our behaviors.BUT WHAT IF…What if our identity was formed in heaven? What if God wants to transform our thinking to his thinking, our purpose to his purpose? This would certainly change our actions, our behaviors.