Our Thoughts Will Betray Us
A certain amount of self-evaluation can be good. We should have insight into ourselves, our motives, our choices, and our actions. Sometimes, however, we can go too far. When self-evaluation ends with our dwelling on guilt over our sin, shame about things we’ve done, and regrets over what we wish had happened, we can actually be inviting spiritual depression. The enemy loves nothing better than to bombard our minds with negative thoughts meant to entice us to turn away from God. The Bible, however, encourages us to “take every thought captive to obey Christ.” (2 Cor. 10:5) God is just as concerned about our thoughts as He is about our actions, and He doesn’t want evil thoughts to occupy our minds. When we are attacked by the enemy, our first action should be to turn to God. Then we must fill our minds with God’s truth. Nothing strikes back at the enemy more than God’s Word, because His Word is truth. It’s the most powerful weapon we have in our arsenal when fighting the attacks of the enemy.
