2 Corinthians 10:3-5 says, “For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 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.”
Purposefully capturing your thoughts can control the brain’s sensory processing, the brain’s rewiring, and the cellular activity in a positive or a negative direction. You choose.
When bad choices are made, or negative thoughts are not captured, your neural wiring becomes distorted.
When you make a conscious decision to focus and direct your attention correctly, you change physical matter—your brain and your body change in a healthy way.
The primary success of capturing your thoughts will be to focus on God’s way first, not the world’s ways.
Research has shown that 5 to 16 minutes a day of focused meditative capturing of thoughts shifts the brain and increases the chances of a happier outlook on life.
When you direct your attention by capturing your thoughts, you provide a target for your mental faculties. If you don’t let God give you a thinking project, the Enemy will surely step in to try to catch your thoughts and destroy your balance.
Taking captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ gives our bodies the best opportunity for a healthy, fulfilling life.
