We tear down arguments, and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. – 2 Corinthians 10:5
The world is after your mind.
Every day, companies pour billions of dollars into grabbing your attention and accessing your mind through words, sounds and images…with most adults being exposed to 5,000+ ads per day.
And to make it worse, the school systems of the world are indoctrinating our children into the same mindset, training them to be susceptible to the snares and traps being set for their minds.
The worst of these snares is a thing called “busyness”.
Many people wear this as a badge of honour, boasting about how “busy” they are. This group of people is often the same as the group that relishes how little sleep they get.
Now whilst being busy is not inherently a bad thing, the real danger it represents is when a person is “too busy”…to think.
Because the real battle for your mind is happening at a spiritual level. And it’s a brutally relentless campaign being waged to establish strongholds and control centres in your way of thinking.
The goal of this campaign is to implant ideas and perceptions in your mind that produce thoughts that you think are your own…kind of like having a virus on your computer that has complete access to everything, and creates the illusion that you are in control, when really you’re not.
When you’re too busy to think, you’re too busy to plan, you’re too busy to reflect, you’re too busy to dream, you’re too busy to see where you are/where you’re going/what’s really going on without you.
When you’re too busy to think, your life fills up with activities devoid of accountability. In other words, you find yourself just “doing stuff” without any time to assess and reflect on whether you should keep doing these things or not.
And when you’re too busy to think, you allow those who control your thoughts to determine the kind of person you are becoming every single day…because “as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
There are many tactics and strategies for solving this problem. But here are 2 simple ones.
First, set aside one day each week simply for rest and reflection.
Second, build 10 minutes of reflection and planning into your morning and evening routines each day.
Now if this feels unattainable, wasteful, redundant or unrealistic, those are normal reactions from the strongholds/mental viruses/foreign ideas that have already taken root in your mind. They feel threatened, fear exposure to the Light, and so will do everything to discourage you from considering and experimenting with these 2 habits.
But if you’ll think about how you can test them out, at whatever scale, then realise the power found in Isaiah 30 v 15:
“In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be your strength…”
No matter how hectic things get around you, refuse to be too busy to think.
Selah.