I love challenges. If a game (or if life) is too easy I get bored with it. I love the daily challenge of making my mind mind me. My mind is stubborn and wants to do whatever it wants, even when my free will doesn’t want it to do or think something. I want my mind to align with Jesus, but it continually resists.
One of my favorite things to do is to take my mental control panel and strive to make my mind line up with the will of God. Therefore, my free will and my mind are often in conflict and engaged in a type of inner warfare.
The Bible talks about that. It says: “We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 5. The real fight between good and evil isn’t in the social, political, or military arenas. It’s not primarily about overcoming and banishing physical enemies. The true battle between right and wrong is about each person overcoming and banishing the evil thoughts, feelings, and desires in his own mind and heart.
It does me little good to call other people evil and blame them for my problems when my number one problem is the evil in my own heart. If I’m not willing to work to fix myself, saying that other people are evil and are causing my problems is a cop out.
For me picking up and effectively using the control panel of my mind isn’t a game. It’s a game changer. I do it throughout each day because it pushes aside the evil that is within me and prepares the way for Christ who lives in me to step up and release His goodness in and through me. When that happens, life is so gloriously exciting that it floods me with the joy of the Lord!
Who or what is controlling your mind? Think about it.
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