We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5
“I feel sure now that our thoughts flow around the world even when we do not express them. So I mean to make a contribution with my thoughts every hour. I am making a strenuous effort of will to concentrate upon people, those in my presence and those out of sight in order to send to them my thoughts of Christ.
I propose to think as hard of God as I can when in crowds, in the confidence that really dynamic thought will influence many others. Perhaps you have begun to suspect what tremendous dynamite lies hidden in the idea. If the Christian people, the really Christian people of the world began to comprehend the power of thought, they could use it as a lever to lift the world!”
Frank C. Laubach (1884-1970) in Letters By A Modern Mystic (Feedbooks: 2009) letter entitled, “A lever to lift the world.”
It’s Easter Monday and the beginning of life after Lent. We have spent a season focusing on in giving, prayer, and fasting and examining our hearts along the way. The season has shaped us to live every moment of like Christ.
Today, Laubach uses two powerful word pictures that link to generosity. First he beckons us to make a contribution with our thoughts. This mirrors the exhortation of the apostle Paul to take every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ.
When we do this, we experience victory. We demolish the spiritual forces of evil with dynamite. We grasp the lever that moves the world. Remember the same power that raised Jesus from the dead is at work in us.
Only really Christian people live like they believe this. Do you?