Our Mind Is A Battlefield

In Isa.26:3 it says, "You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you". Want perfect peace? Keep your mind steadfast, stayed and focused on Him. We need to learn all that we can about the steadfast mind; embrace the concept, pray for a steadfast mind and seek understanding through God`s word.

Let us take seriously the role that Satan plays when it comes to how we think. Many Christians feel safe from Satan and many don`t really believe that Satan is alive and well and actively leading the spiritual warfare against us. The battlefield is our mind and our only defense is to surround our minds with the word of God. We are absolutely defenseless against the attacks of Satan. The way Beth explains how the mind works was truly an eye-opener for me. Two people see the same event, then Beth writes, “They put the event in different frames and act accordingly. Our reaction depends on how we have framed the event”. Think about this, how many times do we overreact to what we have framed (ideas, opinions, etc) in our own thinking?

Satan can`t make us overreact, but he knows what we are in bondage too. Let`s say your weakness is low self esteem and you see some ladies talking together in a corner of a room, one may glance at you not even seeing you, they may laugh, or seem secretive and you wonder what they are talking about. Believe me, Satan will come in and give you a few suggestions and if you dwell on it long enough you will be framing an idea in your mind that may end up devastating you. BUT, what if several months before at a “Breaking Free Bible Study” you were set free from the bondage of “low self esteem”? Satan may still come after you because he thinks you are not strong enough to be completely free from anything and he wants to convince you of that. Praise God, you prayed early in the morning for God to continue to protect you and to satisfy your every need. You have focused your thinking on God`s word and you are leaning on the truth to get you through the temptation of “wrong thinking”, you, have been set free.