The mind is amazing.
It can be good and bad. The
thoughts that it can think are incredible.
They are endless. And they can
control us. Paul in 2 Corinthians 10:5
addresses this very thing by saying: “....and
we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” In my experience, that is much easier said
than done.
I recently wrote in my journal:
“The memory of that day, is like a stab in the heart. The pain is fresh and sharp and takes my
breath away. I want to cry. I want to run. I want to scream. I want to hit something. Life is hard and I know could always be
worse. But this reality brings no
consolation to me. In fact I say it
probably more so out of fear knowing that worse could happen and I don’t want
to have to experience the worse there is.
Lord, help me today I pray.”
Thoughts. They
are always there. Memories of the
past. Projections of the future. Seeking to process the present.
So what do we do with them? We can’t run away from them. We have to confront them. Head on.
A straight forward offensive against the thoughts that plague us.
By confronting them, truth is able to be
revealed. Sometimes they are memories of
the past that can’t be changed, but just are.
Other times they are worries of the future that has not yet been, and
therefore need to have no power over us.
By confronting them, they are brought into the light for
inspection. I believe this in part is
what Paul was talking about. Confront
your thoughts and Jesus will show you the truth, error, or deceptiveness of
them.
Jeff Powell
