“For although we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh, since the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments and every proud thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.” (vv. 3-5)

Such is the fight of your life:

You live in a world that teems with “every proud thing.” People and their ideas are exalted. Life in the flesh is glorified. Truth has been traded for “truths.” Lies abound, and lies are believed.

Then there’s your private world, the meditation of your heart. Proud things are erected there, too, as you justify your own behavior and judge your neighbor.

The fight of your life is the fight against their pride—and yours.

Know that this is a not-of-this-world reality. You are up against an enemy that opposes God’s good on the most fundamental level. And that enemy is just as likely to lure you toward your own proud things as he is to lure them.

So how do you fight?

Capture your thoughts for Christ.

Exalt Him. Love them. Magnify His mercy by being an agent of grace. Speak Gospel truth—reminding yourself of it, and relating it to them—so that the arguments of sin and self might be deflated.

Pride abounds. Yet, if you think on Christ, He will reduce it to nothing.

— Tyler