Mighty Through God

“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” II Corinthians 10:3-5

We are constantly enveloped in a spiritual battle. As Christians, our enemies are the world, the flesh, and the devil. Our carnal nature pervades our thinking to the point that we cannot depend upon our own thoughts, even after we are saved. Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Therefore, we cannot trust our own thoughts completely, but we must constantly compare them with the Word of God. Paul said in Romans 8:6-8, “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.” We must be extremely careful about what we allow ourselves to think. Paul said in the passage above that we must cast down or destroy every imagination that is against God and bring every thought into obedience to Christ. This should be our plan of attack every day. It is a constant process because we are sinful creatures by nature, but it is a weapon that is “mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.”