Article May 20, 1996 Issue

Guarding your mental stronghold

Grayce G. Young

What do you consider your greatest treasure? Family, health, wealth? What about the God-bestowed right of self-government—the right to choose moment by moment what you accept as true of God, man, the universe? These choices play a large role in determining the harmony of human life. To defend what is right and most dear, consider what is influencing your consciousness.

Is it the repeated representation of disobedience to moral law as acceptable; the portrayal of sin, sickness, and death as inevitable; the assumption that peace and brotherhood are continually at risk? If so, are these the reality of God's creation? The Bible reveals that God created man and the universe good. To turn to Him for an understanding of what is real is to discern that good is omnipotent and that evil is powerless.

In the beginning of his ministry, Christ Jesus was faced with a temptation to believe in a power opposed to God, good. The argument was subtle at first, then blatant (see Matt. 4:1–11). But Jesus' understanding of the allness and power of God enabled him to reject the devilish appeal. And that is key to everyone's spiritual defense.

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