Good Morning Friends,
“For though we live in the world, we do not
wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of
the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We
demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge
of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (2 Corinthians
10:3-5)
There is a battle going on. It is a battle
between our own human flesh, our sinful nature, that is prodded by the devil,
and the Lord. We’re right in the middle of the battle. In fact, the battle is within
us. It is not a battle that is taking place outside of us and for which we are
just innocent bystanders. It is a battle within us. It is fought in our own
minds.
That’s why worldly weapons don’t work in this
battle. Swords and guns are worthless in the fight against the forces of evil. People
try them, at times, turning them on themselves to stop the evil within them. But
they do absolutely nothing to deal with the real problem. The real problem is
not in our bodies, but in our minds.
The devil has established strongholds in our
minds. He has convinced us of things that are not true. His arguments and
tactics are many. He convinces some that they are not loved by God. He
convinces some that nothing can be done about their sinful weakness, that they
will never overcome a particular sin. He convinces some that they are beyond
God’s grace and salvation. He convinces some that sin doesn’t matter to God,
He’ll just forgive it anyway, so why not go on sinning. Those are just a handful
of the many tactics the devil uses. They are all in our minds.
If the battle is in our minds, and it is,
then that’s where it will be won or lost. It will be won with truth --
demolishing the false arguments and tactics of the devil. The place of truth is
the Bible, the Word of God – “Your Word is truth.” (John 17:17) You fight the
devil with the truth from the Bible, just like Jesus did when He was tempted. The
battle is won or lost in your thought life -- so guard your thoughts -- take
them captive for God.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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