thought capture

Paul had a problem. In a city called Corinth, where he’d started a church, ideas were taking root that were manipulative and deceitful. That kind of thing never does anyone any good, as I’m sure you know.

In Corinth, a small minority were using those ideas to try to undermine Paul from the inside out. He had to tackle it, and in doing so in a letter called 2 Corinthians, he unlocks something awesome for us too...

“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” - 2 Corinthians 10:5

This idea of ‘taking every thought captive’ is a key discipline. Sometimes, even in our own minds, our thoughts can run riot, undermining what God Himself has said to us. Paul is showing us here, that we can actually capture them, take them at swordpoint, and march them into submission before those thoughts can capture us.

Isn’t that amazing? God’s word (the sword of the Spirit) can help you take control of rogue thoughts, and bring them into line. Feel suddenly anxious because of a tiny thing? Suddenly thinking things that you wouldn’t normally entertain?

Today, if your daily life is interrupted by one of those thoughts, make sure you interrupt it and tell it exactly what God says.