It's a rattlesnake!
“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…” (2 Corinthians 10:4-5).
Picture this!
You come home from a long day of work.
You walk into your living room.
Plop down on your couch in exhaustion.
And there in the corner of the room-
– your eyes are drawn to something moving.
It’s a rattlesnake!
Do you say to yourself, “Oh, I’m too tired to worry about that now, I’ll deal with it later?”
Of course not!
You’d jump up right away-
– find a bat or something of the like,
– alert your family,
– call the neighbours,
– call the fire department and who knows what else!
It’s a life-threatening situation!
In the same way-
– we need to consider it an emergency when a negative thought enters our minds!
We immediately need to jump up-
– put our armour on,
– alert others,
– ask for help if needed,
– take cover in the promises of God!
When those unrighteous thoughts enter our minds-
– we must deal with them immediately,
– lest they linger and fester and before we know it,
– poison our entirety.
Sadly this is a battle that continuously rages on.
We must renew our minds daily-
– and even hourly in order to remain in a place of peace.
Let’s not wait ’till the enemy has us in his grip!
Let’s put him in his place at the first sign of attack!