Get rid of the rotting carcasses 

There is a constant war occurring in our minds: what Joyce Meyers calls “the battlefield of the mind.” Our enemy is forever catapulting spiritual fire bombs, rotting carcasses, and boulders into our camp, and if we are engaged in the battle, we are as quickly removing these things to the outskirts so they will not litter the ground we patrol.

If we stop engaging in the fight, we soon find ourselves underneath all that debris, and pretty soon we become a part of it.

It is one thing to have thoughts come into our heads that are not from God, it is quite another to leave them there and entertain them.  If we roll presumptions and scenarios around in our minds long enough, they soon take on a life of their own and become real and credible to us.

You know how it goes.  Your long-time friend doesn’t pick up the phone for a few days.  Last week you saw her talking to someone whom you have a disagreement with.  The fact that she has not returned calls translates into the presumption that she is in cahoots with the individual whom you are at odds with. Soon you are certain that your friend is no longer your friend but an enemy who is out to get you....or something like that.

In the meantime, your friend has no clue what’s brewing in your head and when you blow up at her, she is taken aback at your accusations.

How can we all avoid such unnecessary scenes and total wastes of our time? By remembering that even though we live in the flesh, our battle is not with the flesh.  Our battle is with the devil and all his minions who prowl about seeking to destroy us all.

  They use whatever they can to disarm us and make us totally theirs. Be it a guilty conscience, unrepentant sins, or the weakness to think and talk too much about things not edifying and things not true.

As hard as it is to be engaged in battle 24/7, we have to be. We have to remove the junk hurled our way and not engage it.  All thoughts that are contrary to God’s teachings should be tossed out like the rotting carcasses they are.

When we catch ourselves off guard, we need to pick up the shield, helmet, and breastplate, and bring “into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” 2 Cor. 10: 5.