Apr 24, 2007 - Imagination

Apr 24, 2007


2Co 10:5-6 KJV
(5) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
(6) And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.



Imagination is a wonderful thing. It can bring about wonderful inventions, great literature and any number of great things to bless our lives. It is also a dangerous thing as well. It can allow men and woman to see things they would like their spouse to be that they can not live up to. It can allow us to think the worst of things on our job or in our relationships with family and friends. It can make us believe that a simple symptom can be a cancer that will kill us. It may even make us question our salvation.

Paul clearly states here that we need to take every thing that puts itself higher than God, and put it down. Do you have a fear that your job is the source of your income and they do not want to pay you any more than they have to? Replace that with God is my provider and he will provide all that I need. Does that symptom have you feel like you are going to die? Replace that with 'by His stripes I was healed'.

Even with that, our human nature is one that wants to find the problems in life. We need to do as verse 6 says. The wording here is a military term. It meant the soldiers were to seek out any part of rebellion and destroy it till it was gone (obedience is fulfilled). We are to find those little pockets of resistance to what is not of God and destroy them. For a married person that might mean not to look at a member of the opposite sex and say to yourself, 'I wish my spouse was more like them'. It is just an innocent thought right? No, it is an imagination that is not of God and it will grow into the bigger ones. Kill it while it is small. Those little things can add up and become huge baggage that you have to carry around with you.