Our Battle is in the Mind, Not With Satan!!!

Our Battle is in the Mind, Not With Satan!!!

We must understand that Satan is a defeated enemy. A defeated enemy no longer has power over the whom defeated him.  Jesus defeated Satan in hell and took the keys to his kingdom. Jesus owns him. And because Jesus is in us and we in Him, then Satan has no power over us. So this leaves us with a battle in our minds.

Eph. 4:17-18 (ISV) Therefore, I tell you and insist on in the Lord not to live any longer like the gentiles live, thinking worthless thoughts. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.

Worthless thoughts has several meanings, one is moral depravity from the word vanity. Other worthless thoughts are thoughts about yourself that have a negative context, a sense of low self worth. Thoughts that say you can’t do something. Thoughts that think you’re sick, weak can’t prosper. Really any thought that is contrary to who God says you are and what you can do.

If you make statements or have thoughts that are contrary to what and who God says you are, you are actually lying. God says His truth is the only real truth. For instance; you make statements like these, I’m always sick, I’ll always be poor and etc. You are lying to yourself. Because God says He has healed your through the stripes of Jesus (2 Peter 2:24). At the cross He broke the curse of poverty.

Even as believers when we have these negative thoughts we separate ourselves from the promises of God. We are never separated from Him. These thoughts can cause our hearts to harden an unable to receive what God has in store for us. And it is ignorant to think otherwise.

Rom. 12:2-3 (ISV) Do not be conformed to this world, but continually be transformed by the renewing or your minds so that you may be able to determine what God’s will is—what is proper, pleasing, and perfect. For by grace given to me I ask every one of you to think of yourself more highly than you should think, rather to think of yourself with sober judgment on the measure of faith that God has assigned each of you.

So what does being conformed to the world mean? Easy, don’t try to control others; don’t have to have things your way all the time. Thinking that you have to work hard to be successful so that you gain approval from others. Being hateful, judgmental and etc. There is nothing wrong with being successful, it just depends on the intent you use to get there.

What is meant by being continually transformed by the renewing of your mind?

We have to continually stop those negative thoughts we they come up and replace those thoughts with who and what God says you are, along with His promises. This is the process in which you renew or change the thoughts of your mind. Let me tell you, if you replace a bad thought with a promise that God has given you, your mind will quickly begin to change. But if you don’t keep up this process, you can quickly go back to having those negative thoughts.

I want to take a moment to explain what the measure of faith he is talking about here. All believers has been given all the faith the can be given. No one believer has more faith in them than another. Usually the ones that seem to be given more faith, are just operating in the faith they already have. We only operate in the faith that we believe in the strongest.

Rom. 8:5-6 (ISV) For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. To focus our minds on the human nature leads to death, but to focus our minds on the Spirit leads to life and peace.

Flesh means the world system.

Human nature means controlling others, acts of immoral behavior and etc.

We must set our minds on the things of God. Peace, love, serving other, God’s promises and etc.

1 Tim. 6:3-5 (ISV) If anyone teaches (or believes) false doctrine and refuses to agree with sound words of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and godly teaching, he is a conceited person and does not understand anything. He has an unhealthy craving for arguments and debates. This produces jealousy, rivalry, slander, evil suspicions, and incessant conflict between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth. They think that godliness is a way to make profit.

Need I say anything more? Learn to train yourself to think the things of God. This will produce life and peace in your life. A lot more will take place also, because now you have opened up your heart to receive what God has done for you. I don’t know about you, but anything or plan that goes has for me, will be better than anything or plan that I have for myself.