TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR THOUGHTS
SCRIPTURE: II CORINTHIANS 10:3-4
(KJV)
” For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.”
Your mind is the place where the enemy launches his attacks against you and I. It is in our thoughts and imagination. What the enemy does is to sow lies, wrong thoughts and wrong beliefs in our minds. His aim is to use these thoughts to dominate our thinking, imagination, conduct and consequently our whole life. Let us remember that, ”as a man thinks so is he.”
This battle for our minds is not a physical battle fought with physical weapons. Our weapons in this battle are not natural or carnal. They are spiritual. The primary weapon we must use to win this battle of our minds is the Word of God. Our verse says, our weapons “are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.” Praise God for victory over the lies of the devil, negative thoughts, wrong beliefs and any controlling ideas through the constant use of God’s Word. Verse 5 of II Corinthians 10 is clear about what we are dealing with.
” Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and taking every thought captive and bringing it into the obedience of Christ.” (KJV)
As believers, we are expected to meditate on the provisions of God’s Word and proclaim God’s truth against all these wrong beliefs, wrong thoughts, etc for constant victory. This is part of the process to win the battle for your mind.
One important weapon we can have is right believing. When we start to believe the right things, every lie and wrong thought will begin to lose its power over us. Satan usually uses lies to destroy us. For example, some people think fear is normal but that is one of satan’s lies. Fear comes from him. Others think timidity is normal but for you that is a believer in Christ Jesus, it is not. There are also others who entertain thoughts of anxiety, suicide, fear of death and treat these thoughts softly. This is really Satan attacking your mind.
Listen to what Jesus said in John 8, verse 31 to 32. ”If you continue in My word, then are you My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” (KJV)_
I believe that once you are aware that there is a battle for your mind, and that it is a battle between wrong beliefs and right beliefs, you are very ready to take responsibility and take your victory. I encourage you to keep hearing the Word, keep believing it, and keep changing your thinking with the Word. Moreover, keep speaking the Word against negative thoughts and ideas, knowing that God’s grace is able to strengthen and sustain you.
PRAYER
Thank you, Father, for the opportunity to experience continual victory in Christ Jesus. Thank you for equipping me adequately for everything the enemy throws at me. With your word, I am able to bring every negative thought under control. Jesus is Lord and victory is mine. Amen.
FURTHER READING (NKJV)
MATTHEW 4:1-4
[1]Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
[2]And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.
[3]Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
[4]But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”