THE INSIDE BATTLE

Post date: May 18, 2012 7:13:56 AM

While the mind is a power house of great ideas and dreams, it is also the center point of satanic control, conflicts and torture. In every situation, the most victorious, the most gruesome, crafty and painful battles are those fought from inside the mind of a person. An unsettled mind is a great enemy which brings forth self-afflicted thoughts due to several external factors which you can actually control. This battle is usually in the mind and it dominates the thoughts, words, dreams and actions of the person. The very worst enemy you will ever have in life is that which is inside of you not that which is on the outside. Did you know that even when you give up in a battle with the devil or completely compromise with him, he will never stop fighting? Your inabilities to work in your mind to be strengthen and courageous in faith through the word of God is a defeat of the devil against you. Even when you are unable to wake up from a fall or sickness, the devil never stops the battle.  

One of your greatest companions in life and the first point of success in everything you do are your mind and the thoughts that come out of it. There, every issue is vetted, accepted or rejected, there every blessing and peace emanates, and there also every little trouble is made very big or dismissed. The beginning of the feelings of good or evil is in the mind and the sooner you walk to keep your mind in control by the words of God, the sooner you will begin to see self-restoration, peace and the much victory. Once you lost the power of your mind, you also lost the power of victory and the reason for peace.

“For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company”. Psalms 55:12-14

The reproaches of the outside enemies can be handles in many ways, but the reproach of the battle of the mind can be handled only in one way; controlling it through the words of God in the scriptures. The most painful and long lasting, self-destructive enemy is self-reproach that locks itself in your mind. It destroys suddenly, and its pains are severe.

When Absalom drove his father David out of the city and took over the throne, he became an instant outside enemy to David, and David had to plant an inside enemy in Absalom’s camp to counter all of his plans and moves. “And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness” 2 Samuel 15:31

Turn your mind into an instrument of blessing first to yourself, then to others. Seek peace in your mind and you will be able to have peace with others. You cannot have peace on the outside with others without first having peace in your mind. If you are in conflict with anyone, then there is no peace in your mind irrespective of how you look, think and talk. 

“For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” Romans 8:6, Romans 12:2. Fix your mind on the expected result from God always. “A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps” Proverbs 16:9. God will only direct your steps when your heart and mind are fixed on Him, and He will give you victory in every inside battle.