The Holy One calls to me this morning. He whispers His counsel into my ear as my mind comes to conscious attention.
“Bring every thought into the captivity of Christ”.
The Holy Spirit knows my deepest wrestles and there is no point in trying to be “righteous” and deny the mental assault by evil. Almost before my feet hit the floor, He takes me back to a day when Jesus was asked by a distraught father to help his demonized son. The disciples were powerless to deliver this young boy and the matter ended up at the feet of Jesus.
Upon deeper assessment of the situation, Jesus addressed the father and asked if he believed that his son could be delivered. The father replied, “Yes, I believe, help me in my unbelief”. Mark 9:23
This situation is one we will all experience one time or another in our earthly journey with Jesus. There will always be situations that call for faith beyond what we have at the moment of a crisis. And, most of us who are Christians, will say, “Yes, I believe”, but then realize our weakness and come to confess, “Help me in my unbelief”.
The wisdom of God in creation is greater than we could ever attain with our finite minds. We never arrive at the place where we know all things or where we can completely control anything. The Holy Spirit reminds me yet again the words of Jesus, “Apart from Me you can do nothing” and that applies even to the condition of our faith.
Jesus made it clear that His departure from planet earth was the best thing that could happen to humanity once He died for our sin. By departing He would then send the Holy Spirit to supernaturally indwell all who would come to believe and acknowledge that He, Jesus, is God.
The 3rd Person of the Triune Godhead was sent to dwell within us to complete our design. The Holy Spirit is the final element to the human being that completes us and makes us whole. We are not perfect nor flawless but with Him we are complete in our design according to the work of the Divine craftsman; Creator of all. We are all born with that God ordained and God shaped hole (void) that can only be filled by the Holy Spirit of Christ Himself.
The father of the demonized boy had a physical encounter with God in flesh form and had to wrap his brain around that fact and then choose to believe. Since the resurrection of Christ, the Holy Spirit has been unleashed into the world and for those of us who believe, we have the Holy One within. His strength and His power, His wisdom even His faith is always available to us 24/7.
The enemy of our soul is ancient and always present in this fallen world. His weapon of choice is the same he has used since confronting Eve in the garden and his strategy never changes: He is a liar and his field of battle is our mind.
As the days draw down and we get closer to the return of our Lord Jesus, the King of Kings, the battle will get more intense and the lies more convincing. The Holy Spirit reminds me that in order to stay out of the grip of the serial liar, I must bring every thought and make it captive to Jesus.
This is a tall order and I am not sure how to manage it given my analytical brain, so, like the father of the demonized boy I say, “I will to obey, help me in my weakness”. I need the Holy One to discern the truth from the lie and then I need Him to empower me to reject the lie.
More and more I realize that my helpless cry is music to my Lord’s ears. The very thing He is and plans to be, is my strength in weakness. What a wonderful God we serve. He never leaves us to face life and its challenges on our own.
Relief surges as I know His Presence and Counsel will ultimately resolve all the wrestles. With the Holy Spirit I am whole, complete and one with the Trinity by Divine design. Now, what about those thoughts?
The Holy Spirit is calling. Can you hear Him?
