Pillow Talk With the Devil
- John Young
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
Matthew 13:25 — “While men slept, the enemy sowed tares.”
Most spiritual battles don’t happen in crisis moments.They happen in quiet ones.
Jesus describes a farmer who planted good seed. But at night — unnoticed and uninterrupted — the enemy planted weeds in the same field. Not to destroy the crop immediately, but to complicate it gradually.
The enemy did not remove the wheat.He added confusion beside it.
This explains why some struggles feel so internal. We love God, yet wrestle with thoughts that feel foreign to who we want to be. Not every harmful thought begins as rebellion. Some begin as suggestions entertained when awareness is low — fatigue, loneliness, distraction, comparison.
Night seasons of the soul are dangerous because discernment relaxes there.
We replay conversations.We imagine worst outcomes.We rehearse fears as facts.
And seeds get planted.
By morning the thought feels natural, even though it wasn’t originally ours. That’s the strategy — not possession, but persuasion.
Scripture never tells us the enemy only attacks the disobedient. It tells us he watches for unguarded moments. The mind without intentional focus becomes open ground.
But Jesus also gives comfort: wheat and weeds grow together for a season, yet they are not the same. A thought appearing in your mind does not mean it owns your heart.
Victory is not the absence of intrusive thoughts. It is refusing agreement with them.
Spiritual maturity grows when we learn to question what we think instead of automatically believing it.
Before accepting a thought, ask:
Does this align with God’s character?
Does this produce peace or fear?
Does this pull me toward trust or away from it?
Guarding the mind is not paranoia. It is stewardship.
Because what repeatedly enters the mind eventually influences the life.
Reflection:What thoughts have you accepted lately without examining their source?
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