A frisbee, direct hit on the chin, definitely results in a painful bruise. Yes, my profound words of wisdom for today.

The Lord has been enlightening me to the wealths of tools that He has placed at our disposal. The first coming to mind, naturally, being prayer. One of the most basic tools, but undoubtedly the most powerful weapon. Secondly, one that I've always had at my fingertips, but had never quite got my mind around it's powerfulness, namely the Word. "The Word is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, joint and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart." That's definitely not just your average book!

While on this quest to discover what other resources that have been endowed to us, as the chosen people of the Lord, I came upon the familiar 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 passage: "For tho we walk according to the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish every argument and any lofty opinion that it raises above the knowledge of God, and take captive every though to the obedience of Christ." With such a topic in mind, my mind was alerted to the word "weapon." A weapon of divine power? Designed to demolish strongholds? It brought to mind a previous bible study that I had done, in which I was amazed to discover the meaning behind "demolish."

In the original translation written by Paul, he used the word "kathairesis," which is the combination of two words, "kata" which means "against, contrary to, opposed" and "haireomi, which means "to choose." With such knowledge at hand, demolish means "to choose against." Then as a whole, what does it mean? It means that that the weapon that Christ has placed in our hand is that we have been empowered to choose against the devises that Satan would place in our lives. We are NOT a helpless captive to them, but by this very powerful spiritual weapon containing divine power, can make them subject to the authority of Christ. Every argument, any lofty opinion, any thought that makes itself more powerful than God in our minds, can simply be made subject to Christ when we claim the God-given TRUTH over the lies and deceit that would bog us down.

"Oh, how I love your law! It is the meditation of my heart all the day." Ps. 119