No Rogue Thoughts
No Rogue Thoughts
We demolish arguments and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:5
Rogue waves are a sailor’s worst nightmare. They’re random, unpredictable waves that seem to come out of nowhere. Rogue waves can be two to three times higher than average waves, so in a sea of 10-15 swells, a rogue wave can be fifty to sixty feet high. Some are higher.
And as you can image, rogue waves are devastating.
Thoughts are like rogue waves. You are sailing along, enjoying the relatively calm seas of your life, and then you get hit by a monstrous thought that sends you reeling.
One thought. One idea. One pretense. One rumor. One lie. And you’re capsized in a sea of fear.
That’s why Paul tells us not to put up with such mental foolishness. Thoughts don’t get to run freely through our brains, doing whatever they please and leaving all kinds of damage in their wake. Thoughts, like everything else in our lives, must come under the authority of Jesus.
Our minds are just like our bodies and our appetites—they have to be disciplined.
Paul tells us to use the power of the Holy Spirit and God’s truth to blow up the sources of rogue thoughts and to require every thought to check-in with Jesus before it makes it’s way into our psyche.
And you can do it. God wouldn’t give a solution that doesn’t work for every last one of his children. It doesn’t matter how many rogue thoughts have damaged you in the past, you too can train your mind to shut them down.
Try speaking to your thoughts out loud. Say something like, “Rogue thought, you are not welcome in my mind. I command you in Jesus’ name to come under his authority right now! You are a captive to Jesus, so start acting like it!”
At first, you may have to say that a hundred times a day. But don’t worry, pretty soon those rogue thoughts will get the message.
Be encouraged, calmer and safer seas are just ahead.
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