I THINK I can.......I THINK I can.....

Oh…..the tenacity of that Little Red Steam Engine. He could do it!

Funny……it’s taken me many years to realize that the story of The Little Engine That Could was probably written by someone who had a very low self esteem growing up; or.... maybe by a budding psychologist; or maybe…….just maybe, it was one of the ways our enemy uses to influence the minds of little ones before they have the ability to rationally think things out for themselves.

Now, before you all label me as some kind of kook………..consider what the Word of God says about THINKING.

Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you.

1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

1 Corinthians 10:12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.

An interesting side note; in the Bible the word “THINKS” is mentioned 9 times……4 of those 9 were in the first letter written to the Corinthians………go figure. Could it be that the Corinthians had some problems with their THINKING ???? Duh !

Here’s another little ditty that needs to be given some serious thought;

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

That’s right……your mind is not the only place where thoughts are generated. That is why the “battlefield of choice” for our enemy is in the MIND. Before a person is regenerated by God’s Holy Spirit, the control of their lives is predominately in their minds. Part of the seminar I do on Spiritual Warfare is given over to this topic. However, a truly born again individual has the ability to give over the control of their minds to the Holy Spirit & the Word of God;

Romans 12:1-2 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, {which is} your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

This may already be a “no-brainer” to many people, but to sum all this up……..the apostate church is going to be full of “Little Red Steam Engines”………self made men & women who will stop at nothing until they have molded and shaped their “religious institutions” into what they want them to be;

2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but {wanting} to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.

Of course, the “theys” really can’t make this happen without the help of the Little Red Steam Engine LEADERSHIP that will be more than willing accomplices to their folly. The Emerging Church movement is a classic example of this, I have linked this Emerging Church Movement to a fascinating site where you can find out all you need to know about this. Stay on the alert for this deadly tactic. Be willing to “take a risk” and confront anything that looks as though it could develop into something deadly.

THINK about it!