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Attacks upon our minds – they happen all the time! For some, their minds get sick – mental illness. Paul in Eph 6:17 tells us to guard these minds of ours – by putting on that helmet, called the hope of Salvation.
Earlier in chapter 6 Paul reveals that these attacks have a demonic origin. Devils are wrestling with us. That implies they are seeking footholds, applying stress, pressure, squeezing, pulling, twisting – looking for a point of weakness – to get us off balance and fall to the mat where they leap on us. And they show no mercy. Paul says they have a hierarchy – it means it is an organized attack against each one of us. Ouch!
Don’t worry! Christ has gotten us the victory! 1 Cor 15:57. I like what Paul says in 2 Cor 10:4, “for the weapons of our warfare are SPIRITUAL, divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.” We have been weaponized, dear friends to pull down every fortress of Eph 6. He adds, instruction in 2 Cor 10:5, “We are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.” Putting them under His lordship.
So, devils shoot those thoughts into your mind: you’re no good, you have messed up, it’s hopeless, give up, God has forsaken you, end it all. But you, having found encouragement in Scriptures, having prayed for hope to the God of all hope, can take those thoughts captive.
You need a firm foundation in Christ for this. In knowing you have been made RIGHTEOUS. You STAND – a new creation – without sin before God. Because JESUS has borne your sins to Calvary. So, abounding in HOPE, firm in Christ’s RIGHTEOUSNESS, when the devil accuses you, instead of cowering in fear and defeat, you blast him good. The truth is — the devils fear YOU. Think about it.
Here is something else: not only do devils speak thoughts to your mind; they may reside on or in you – not your spirit, but your body and mind. The Gospels record Jesus casting spirits OUT from multitudes of people – always the word OUT is used. It’s true, for the word of God does not lie. In particular, notice that Is 61:3 speaks of a spirit of heaviness. That’s depression. So yes, depression CAN be rooted in a spirit. And spirits can be cast out – and that’s a good thing! More on that another time.
Today, see yourself weaponized for victory – resist the devil, and COME ALIVE!
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