2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NIV)

3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Reflection:

We are going to have battles, and many of them may occur in our mind, thought patterns, and mindset. The battles we may face in our thought life may seem insurmountable. But the truth is that we do not fight these battles using the same methods as the world. God has given us powerful weapons of divine power that demolish the foolishness and deception of human reasoning, false arguments and rebellious thoughts. Through this divine power, our thoughts can be made captive to Christ enabling us to build lives of maturity.

Response:

God’s word admonishes us to take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ. As the Word is given, God gives us the power to live it out. Let’s receive this divine power once again. Let’s pray for ourselves, campuses, missional groups and churches that God’s truth would ring louder than “every pretension and argument that sets itself up against the knowledge of God.” Let’s also pray that God’s truth would become more and more our reality in our everyday lives.