The greatest
battle a Christian must fight is not with witches and wizards or against
occultist agents. These are serious battles.
But the most demanding of all
battles is the battle against bad thoughts.
2 Corinthians 10:5 says “casting
down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge
of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” The
battle of the mind is that battle everybody faces.
It is a battle that has to
do with past hurtful feelings, emotions, all kinds of bitterness, anger etc.
every sin begins with a thought, because the
devil always uses our thoughts to fight against us.
Come to think of it, it
is what is in the mind that the tongue speaks; it is also what is in the mind
that the hand does. Jesus says, “Out of
the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Mathew 12:23).
Jesus continues
in Mathew 12:35, “A good man out of the
treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil
treasure brings forth evil things.” What is in your mind is what you will
do. If you can conquer it in the mind, then you can conquer it indeed.
Someone’s
thoughts can be used against them. That is why it is a dangerous warfare. If you
don’t challenge your thoughts with the word of God, they can destroy you. The most
effective weapon for this warfare is the word of God. The more you listen to
the word of God and read it, the more a particular sin is unseated from your
heart; the more you think holy thoughts; the more you are drawn towards God.
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