2Kings 7:6-For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!”
The mind is one if our greatest assets or greatest enemies.
Sometimes I is our greatest asset. We were blessed with a brain that can process hundreds of thousands of signals in seconds and interpret them for immediate reaction. We are blessed with the ability to learn and grow, processing knowledge to create wisdom, and discerning morality by observation and experience. It's amazing how powerful our mind really is.
Yet it can also be out greatest enemy. Because it is built on data, it can restrict our faith in the unknown. And because it can imagine potential outcomes, it can become our greatest instrument of fear. Often it is the mind that is the greatest obstacle in our life.
In the story of 2Kings 7, we see both at work---the greatest blessing and greatest curse was the minds of these Israelites. The only one who's mind was a powerful force was Elisha. He was not afraid nor limited in his faith. He was able to believe and act based on a logical argument---God is in charge. Once the mind comes under the authority of God, it is free to imagine, grow, explore, and not fear.
We can fear God or fear everything else. The enemies were not defeated in battle, they were defeated in their mind by fear. God has the ability to drive us away when we don't fear Him. So choose today to put your mind under His authority. Watch what God does when we entrust our mind to his Word.
How can you release your kind to god today? What is it you fear?
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