=WHAT THOUGHTS ARE YOU ENTERTAINING TODAY?=
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (NKJV)
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling
down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts
itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity
to the obedience of Christ,
Your thought life is such a powerful thing, and as I have heard it put so
well before, the mind can really be a battlefield sometimes. We need to be
ever taking authority in the realm of our thought life and making sure that
we are not entertaining or inviting to stay a while thoughts that can
produce what we don't want. Somebody once said that you can't stop the birds
flying above your head but you can stop them from making a nest in your
hair. There is some massive truth in that statement concerning thoughts and
temptations and how we deal with them.
Everyday all of us are bombarded with different thoughts from many sources--
us, the devil, worldly advertising, to name a few. So many different sources
daily throw thoughts at us to process, and it is what we do with these
thoughts that cause us to walk in defeat or victory. You can either choose
to birth sin, or gain breakthrough.
Paul advices us here to develop the habit of taking every thought captive
and then using Jesus to see if it should stay or go. If the thought does not
fit the mind of Christ given you (1 Corinthians 2:16), throw it away, and
don't let it land. Great plans can come from simple, single thoughts, but so
can great sins. Every sin in your life started as a small thought. Come on,
we have all gone through this simple equation (James 1:14-15) at one time or
another.
* You thought it (temptation came).
* Not dealing with the thought (temptation) correctly caused it to turn into
desire.
* Desire grew and burst out of its box and turned into action that then
produced sin.
* Remember the end of this road, because sin, full blown, always produces
death.
All of this could have been different if the initial thought was taken
captive, held against God's Word to see if it was right, and quickly dealt
with, taken prisoner, cast out if it wasn't.
What thoughts are you opening the doors to today, champion?
Andy
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