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 and the caliber of our thoughts.
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
Spirit is calling. Can you hear Him?
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