“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
(2 Tim. 1:7)
I am not a student of psychiatry, nor am I a student of psychology, but I do profess to be a student of theology. I find in the study of our great God and Creator that He has much to say about His creatures’ mind, as found in mankind. We find, in one sense of the word, man's mind is the control center, so to speak. It’s central command!
What scripture gives a good amount of time and space to we give very little. We’re prone to devote most of our time to the body rather than the mind. But both are equally important to the Lord. The old-time mothers used to say to their young ones, “Mind your manners”; Mind your chores”; “Mind your words”; and such like. Meaning, give attention to or priority.
During the Cold War a Communist Manifesto was found that purportedly had for one of its articles, “Get an individual to think your way and you have conquered him.” Satan knows if he can control our mind he can control us. The battleground in the Christian’s life is the battle for the mind. It is there that our victory or defeat is determined.
One of the pieces of armor we are to adorn in our battle against spiritual wickedness is the “helmet of salvation.” That is how David defeated Goliath; he became overconfident, apparently, and removed his helmet. And this is the way Jesus will finally do in Satan (Gen. 3:15). As the title of this article says, we need to “Mind our Mind.”
This being true,Paul tells us what to think upon, “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
“An idle mind is the devil’s playground.”
By An Old Disciple
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