May 24

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God.” 2 Corinthians 10:5

One sphere of Satan’s operations is man’s thought-life. He arouses imaginations which must first be suppressed before we can bring our thoughts into captivity to the obedience of Christ. We need to know what satanic temptation is.

The devil will inject into your mind a thought, a fancy, which appears to be your own. Attracted by it, you accept and use it as though it were yours, though in actual origin it is his. Many sins are first committed in the mind’s imagination. Many unpleasantnesses among Christian brothers and sisters arise from fancies.

As Martin Luther suggested, “You cannot forbid a bird from flying over your head, but you can prevent it from making a nest in your hair.” Refuse to let evil thoughts find a resting-place in you.