The Spirit Behind A Thought | 07.02.12

Words are thoughts communicated in written or audible form.  Therefore, the Word of GOD can be better understood as a record of GOD's thoughts.  But more than just that, GOD's Word bears His Spirit.  It is the Spirit behind GOD's Word that empowers it to manifest transformation.  The same goes for words that are contrary to GOD's.  Our adversary, the devil, also communicates thoughts in written and audible form.  And the demonic influence behind those thoughts are on assignment to manifest transformation, as well.  However, the Kingdom of Darkness does not seek to transform us for the better.  The demons behind those thoughts have every intention to establish strongholds in our lives when we choose to accept them as real and true.

We must be careful of the thoughts we entertain.  Every thought is either good or evil, so there's no in-between.  And behind every thought there is a spirit, so there's no such thing as it coming by happenstance.  Seeking to connect itself to us, the spirit behind a thought is a purposeful, skilled influencer specializing in physically manifesting through human anatomy ideas that originated in the unseen realm.  Believe it or not, we are indeed conduits for the physical realization of invisible, intangible thoughts that are not entirely our own.  In fact, we are motivated by inspiration to do everything we set our minds to accomplish.  As intricately made a species as we are, human beings are simply not intelligent enough to completely think on their own.  Our minds are literally highway systems for the trafficking of thoughts from the unseen realm requiring bodies to fulfill their respective purposes.  The task we've been given, as free will moral agents, is that of directing the traffic.

Without the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, it is impossible to discern between good and evil.  GOD sent His Spirit to lead and guide us into all truth; therefore, our ability to recognize truth hinges greatly upon GOD's Spirit dwelling in us.  No matter how much truth may be contained in a thought, the smallest amount of untrue information mixed with it makes THE WHOLE THOUGHT false.  We must be so led by the Holy Spirit that we instantly recognize when we're being deceived and thereby ensure we avoid temptation.  The Word indicates what we should think on in Philippians 4:8, so the pattern is there for us to go by in daily directing the thought traffic of our minds.  We just need to practice casting down those wicked imaginations that exalt themselves against the knowledge of GOD and seek to put us in bondage to sin, according to 2 Corinthians 10:5, so that what we practice eventually becomes a habit of our lifestyle.