“..and take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.†2 Corinthians 10:5
Recently my small group did a 6 week study that so impacted my life I have to share it.
After we completed the study I plugged in the headphones to hear the book, read by the author. I particularly liked that what the stories the author used in the video were not the same as in the book, so I am not just rehashing what we had covered.
Pastor Steven Furtick really shed light on that chatterbox we listen to in our heads. The best visual I could think of to describe the chatterbox and its constant badgering in my head is the old video game Break Out (is that what it’s called?). A ball goes from one side of the screen to the other, breaking down bricks of the wall, smashing against them and moving in another direction.
In my head the ball bounces back and forth, breaking my concentration, my confidence, my self worth. Each brick it smashed created dozens of shards that attacked me, telling me I a failure, I cannot do anything right, no one wants to listen to me, I am nothing.
In the video series, Pastor Furtick interviews “The Chatterbox†and brings this imaginary attacker to life. By seeing the chatterbox as someone I could face, I could challenge, it gave me strength to say “shut up, I am not listening to youâ€.
I have heard and read many articles telling me to just trust God and everything would be okay. But I found that voice in my head was louder than God’s voice. God was speaking, but in the loud chatter of all the lies, I wasn’t hearing His truth.
Now I tune in to God’s voice, like a dial on the radio. I am actively practicing shutting out that chatterbox that tells me I am nothing. That chatterbox that is filled with lies and deceit.
It has to be a conscious effort. It doesn’t happen naturally, yet. But like everything else, I must continue to daily do this, it must become as natural to me as breathing. I must choose to listen to the truth of God’s Word, just as I choose to listen to my husband, child, or friend as we sit in a crowded coffee shop. I tune out the noise of the coffee shop to hear the one I am with; so I must tune out the chatterbox to hear the God of my life.
If you have a chatterbox in your head, I highly recommend “Crash the Chatterbox†book and study. In fact, you can go to You Tube and watch as Pastor Furtick delivers this message in a 6 part series while you are working on your latest knit/crochet project.
Tune out the world, tune in to God.
“..and take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.†2 Corinthians 10:5