Captive....

 ..taken by force by an enemy…

“…..we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5)

My thoughts are not always my friend. Often, they assault me. Wrong thinking is an enemy to my spiritual health.

I don’t like some of my thoughts.. But try as I might, I can’t rid myself of them completely.

I can’t will myself to NOT think. My humanity shows itself. At times, it is not pretty. And the devil grabs every opportunity to promote wrong thinking.

Again, I am reminded of the phrases from my brother Paul.

Take captive your thoughts…

Obedient to Christ….

Fight…

Wage war…

Weapons…

Divine power…

　

Obedient…..I do want to be obedient. How thankful I am for His help in doing just that.

So I take up my weapons, the ones He has provided.

I wage war with His divine power.

And I stand. And fight.

Not with another human being, but with sin.

I again ask my Father to give me courage and strength.

I ask for discernment.

I ask that He reveal both my enemy’s lies and His Own truth…that I not be deceived.

I ask that He redirect my thoughts and bring them in line with His will and purpose.

I ask Him to remind me BEFORE I sin, that only His approval is important.

And I repent with Godly sorrow for disobedience already committed, knowing He puts my sin as far as the east is from the west.

"Let him who boasts boast in the Lord. For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.” (2 Cor. 10:17-18)

I want to be approved by Him above all else. Nothing else really matters in the eternal scope of things…..