Demon Tweets don't touch the Mind of Christ

One or two phrases meant to impact deeply:  that's a tweet.  Just a sentence or two -- in this ADD culture, it's about all we can take in at a time. I mean just pick up a book written before 1970.  Look at the spaces. There aren't any!  It just goes on, page after page, with no let up.  No paragraph headings to help us figure out what's coming next:  we are expected to sit still and absorb a lot of information, and process it. 

Today there are fewer words, more space, shorter sentences:  and the tweet is the essence of all of that.

And one of the most effective tweets we get is what I call "the demon tweet".  It's that little message, short and sour, that doesn't come on your phone or computer:  it comes from deep within.  It tweets that you aren't good enough, you're messing up, you're a lost cause, you'll never get it, it's too late for you, you're too old, you're used up, you've gone too far, no one loves you, everyone hates you, your sins are too messy, your temptations are too strong, you're too fat, your eyes are too close together, your hips are too big, your boobs are too small, you're off key, you're not creative, you can't do math, you can't learn, you can't remember, no one wants to hire you, you'll never have a job you enjoy, your relationships will always fail, you're damaged goods...

Where do these ideas come from?  Why do they keep playing over and over in your mind? 

Yes, it might have been what your mom told you, or your dad told you, or your teachers told you, or your spouse told you. Somewhere along the line, you got this idea...but why did it stick?  Why does it keep coming back?  Didn't anyone ever tell you anything good?  Why don't you remember that? 

How can a twenty-four year old decide that life has already passed her by?  How can a thirty-two year old decide that having an affair is the only way to spice up her life?  How can a forty year old become addicted to cosmetic surgery?

it's the tweets --

There is a weapon against the tweets.  I read this morning that when we first believe in Jesus Christ, we are given The Mind of Christ.  How can these tweets have any impact at all when we have the Mind of Christ? I have a friend who frequently reminds me that we have to put it on every day.  Before we step one foot out of the bed in the morning, we have to be armed -- pull out your weapon, put on your bullet proof vest, cover your head with the impenetrable Word.  The tweets will come -- be ready.