Advent of the Mind

Jesus humbled the most brilliant minds of His day as He would today or at any time in history.  After leaving the Sadducees speechless the Pharisees put their minds together and an expert in the law asked Him, "Teacher which is the greatest commandment in the law?"  Jesus responded, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37)  The words He spoke were part of their daily prayers quoted from Deut 6.  ““Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” (Deuteronomy 6:4–5)   
Jesus created us, He designed us, so He knows that our purpose is to glorify Him with our whole being and He knows that our greatest JOY is found in fulfilling this purpose!  The Psalmist understood this with his heart, soul AND MIND, “You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” (Psalm 16:11)  Jesus is the right hand and He is the treasure and the source of those pleasures forevermore.
Remember Paul's beautiful exhortation in Romans 12.

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:1–2)

In Luke 24 we see that Jesus opened their minds, “Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures” (Luke 24:45).  Paul exhorted the Ephesians to, "be renewed in the spirit of your minds” (Ephesians 4:23).
Let's look to C. S. Lewis for some help, he said in The Weight of Glory,

If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.

Lewis is making the point that people pursue pleasure in those things that cannot possibly satisfy us.  Satan is quite happy to keep us in the slums making mud pies deluding us to snub our Creator, our Redeemer who is offering pleasures forevermore!  In other words, passionately pursuing pleasures, joy and satisfaction in JESUS glorifies HIM and perfectly completes and satisfies us, His children.  
There must be an Advent of Jesus in our minds, He must open our minds to understand the scriptures, to behold, to delight in our greatest treasure and the source of all true pleasure...JESUS!
“In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.” (Luke 10:21)