A Penny For Your Thoughts!

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     Second Corinthians 10:3-5 says, “ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:  (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)  Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;”

     Our minds seem to be continually thinking about something.  I was once told in a book that meditation begins with freeing your mind of all thought.  At that point, I gave up on that course of thinking.  After i removed all thought, I was to start moving my tongue in an uncertain direction and let the Spirit take over.  I didn’t want to free  my mind of all thought as I might get something in it that I didn't want.  

     The Bible however, has much to say about our minds in regard to what we are thinking.  Elizabeth Elliott made the following statement, “"[Spiritual strongholds] begin with a thought. One thought becomes a consideration. A consideration develops into an attitude, which leads then to action. Action repeated becomes a habit, and a habit establishes a “power base for the enemy,” that is, a stronghold."  Notice that she begins with the fact that a spiritual stronghold will begin with a thought.  If that thought is unchecked, that is, measured with the Word of God, it will lead to a spiritual stronghold that we will have to battle with in the future.  When we look at the armor of the believer in the book of Ephesians, we notice that the sword is the Word of God. It is the only offensive weapon listed.  The rest of the pieces are all defensive.  As always, our attention needs to be focused on God’s Word with every thught that comes into our minds.  One sin that is quite common among many is covetousness and we find that to covet something is going to begin in the mind.  What are some of the more important things in your life about which you should be thinking?  The world thinks that religion is funny and in particular, Christianiy is funny.  It seems to ease their conscience if they can laugh about God and laugh about eternal punishment in hell.  While we know about God’s love, His grade and His mercy, we also know about His coming judgment when every soul will bow the knee before Him.  What people don’t understand is that you have the choice to meet God now in grace or you will meert Him later in judgment    Second Timothy 3:1-5 is already rampant in society so we know the time is short.  I pray that my thoughts will be how to keep people, souls, from going into a Christless eternity.  Praise God for His Word, the Sword of the Spirit.  A penny for your thoughts!