It’s Just Mind Blowing

Top of the morn to you fighters.

Let’s take our fighting gloves off and talk for a moment. Inhale the ambience of stillness. Allow your world to come to a complete halt.
That was hard to do, wasn’t it? Probably because even when you’re at rest, you’re still fighting. One of the biggest battles that is being fought is the one within me. Yep, our battles are not always with people, situations, and external affairs. The greatest one is within.

I’ll admit that every day I’m fighting to make the right choice, say the right things, and produce the purest thoughts. That last one mentioned- tis my biggest challenge. The mind is a powerful weapon! – guess who knows it? You guessed it!

The mind is the biggest and most active battle field. The battle is fueled by things and people around us. The alarming reality that hit me today is that the debasing things that often occupy the mind are designed to do just that. It’s like weakening your opponent from the inside out. Ask any war movie critic and they’ll tell you it’s the most successful attack on the most fortified enemy.

One author penned, so well, what he thinks a planning session with the devil is like, and I found this part of his imagination to be spot on. This is what the devil said;

“But this is the most important thing. Overstimulate their minds so that they cannot hear the still, small voice of God any longer. Entice them to play the radio or music whenever they drive or relax. Entice them to keep the TV, DVDs, MP3s, iPods, radios, and any other distracting noises going constantly in their homes. This nonstop noise and activity will clutter their minds and break their union with Christ…Pound their minds with the news twenty-four hours a day.”

Mind boggling, isn’t it? If that’s really the devil’s plan, who is winning your battle?

There are things that have been preying on our spiritual mindset, and as a result, we’re exhausted, fighting a battle that can’t be won without a mind blowing revelation; the ultimate weapon of mass destruction - PRAYER.

I cannot begin to tell you how many times my “one word prayer” immediately defuse the enemy’s grenades which were thrown to blow my mind-pun intended. You can guess what that one word prayer is, can’t you?
I have to find myself in constant prayer. I’m not talking about the “in and out of bed” kinda prayer. I’m talking about constant fellowship and communion with God. With this battle that rage within me, I escape the enemy’s grip daily with specially made bullets; whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise- I’ve been thinking on those things. (Philippians 4:8)
It’s a daily fight, but you must be intentional about winning. Pray away the things that occupy your mind. Clear your battle field with prayer. The more often you do this, the better you’ll be at attaining true peace of mind, and the stronger you’ll become in winning the battle of the mind.