Lately I have been battling in my mind. I don’t know how
many people have felt like this, but there are just some thoughts that come
across my mind that make me ashamed. The creativity of one’s mind can be a good
thing, but when you open it up to things of this world, the enemy will have a
blast with it!
Not until recently did I finally accept that I had to not
only faithfully guard my heart, but my mind. God showed me that it’s really the
things we pay the least attention to that affect us. The enemy is a con-artist! It could start from just starring at a picture for a split second, I mean you
kept scrolling but it might be too late. By then that image has been registered
in a minuscule section of your brain. At this point you think you've forgotten
about it and then BOOM! You listen to a song and that image reappears in your
mind and it’s now more vivid than ever.
That thought in collaboration with the song could open the
door for unholy thoughts, desires, and it awakens things hidden deep within you
that you might have tried to suppress. This
is a REAL life struggle for not just the body of Christ, but people in general.
People are struggling daily with this battle and losing, because no one is
willing to come forth.
The devil cannot hold it over your head when you admit you
have a problem, but trying to defend the sin will give him space to mess with
your thoughts. The word says to lay all our burdens at the feet of God and He
will give us rest, and it’s not like He doesn't already know but He wants to be
invited to control the issue.
In my case, I still went on doing what I was doing, and
exposing my mind to things that I knew could corrupt my thoughts. I tried to
make myself believe that God will stop me by himself and I didn't have to do
anything on my part. FALSE!
Really God doesn't need our help, but He also doesn't need
us being deliberate hindrances to our own progress. I understand that after
being exposed to certain atmospheres, places, music, movies, social media sites
or whatever it kinda becomes addictive in a sense. It’s like cocaine, nobody
ever started out saying they wanted to be a drug addict, but with one inhale
and then another, POOF, it became their reality. But the good news is that
Jesus is bigger than any of these things, I mean we are talking about a God
that resurrected Himself from the grave; He is surely able to do ALL things.
What is interesting is that I use to be one to argue that
just thinking about something sinful isn't bad as long as you don’t put it into
action, but again that is FALSE!
Proverbs 23:7
says “for as a man thinketh in his heart,
so is he. He says to you ‘eat and drink!’ but his heart is not with you”
I learnt the hard way that I am just as guilty as the person
who committed sin physically even if I only thought about cussing someone out
in my mind. I made myself believe they were just thoughts, but they eventually
manifested in the physical when I would say out loud what I was thinking. It
hardly ever went down well, and it hurt more because I knew I could have
avoided the situation if I repented when it was still a thought. I heard
someone preaching on TBN once and he said something that stuck with me “you
can never change what you tolerate”
2 Corinthians 10:5
states “We demolish arguments and every
pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take into
captivity every thought to make it obedient to Christ”
Meaning that immediately those thoughts come across your
mind or you find yourself in a compromising situation instead of brushing it
aside or running away, stand firm! You have been given that power to speak to
the thought before it becomes an action and cast it into to pits of hell. The
same resurrecting power that JESUS has, you have it too. With faith as small as
a mustard seed you can command your righteous mind, the mind that God
originally intended for us, to be resurrected.
As the body we are in this together, so if anyone needs
prayers or has more questions just comment below or message me on Facebook. Stays
encouraged, and remember that nothing can separate us from the love of God.
Be blessed!
