The United States has been on high alert ever since the terroristic event that took place on 9/11. As a nation, we take weapons very seriously. This came to mind after recent travels to Atlanta, Ga. While going through airport security I noticed that people were stripped of their nail clippers, pocket knives, even matches. The security workers were on the lookout for weapons of all kinds.
I thought to myself, “If someone was to get out of hand, no one has anything to fight with.” Just then I was reminded that the weapons we need to confront evil are not necessarily weapons that we see and carry. As Christians, our battles are fought in our hearts, and our mind is sometimes where the battle rages the hardest. Throughout the Bible we are encouraged to guard our minds and examine our thoughts; those thoughts that are waiting for an opportune time to battle with our better intentions and defeat us from being Christ-like. Thank God that we have supernatural weapons – prayer, God’s Word, and His divine power – to demolish the strongholds that may invade our life. We are not left to fight these battles with weapons that can’t do the job. What a gift God’s weapons are!
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 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 10:4-5 (NIV)
