Sound Mind

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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World War 1… it was called nerves

World War 2 it was called shell shock

Now we call it PTSD

Today Im going to call it what the scripture calls it and that is lacking a sound mind… No I am not saying PTSD is not real, in fact it is very real. But scripture has a few things to say about all of this…. 

 

Regardless of what you call your nerves, fear or trauma scripture has plenty to say about it… today we look at

 

2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

The Greek word translated as “fear” can also be translated as “timidity” or “cowardice” or just plain old loss of control. Life can be intimidating, when things don’t work out, when the tribulations of this life come, we do not have to be intimidated by them, even though we want things to be different. When things are seemingly out of control we can have a sound mind. 

 

Power - Miraculous physical strength and in Miraculous spiritual actions. Dynamite. 

 

Love - What God desires or plans in excess - thats his spirit inside you… 

 

Sound mind - Think like God, respond like God, control your thoughts like God would think… You don’t panic, you don’t fear, you don’t look for the bad, you don’t let the worst play out growing and contaminating your faith.

 

Here’s what is crazy about this verse… and that is the verse that follows it. Paul says So don’t panic, instead join me in sufferings for Jesus and for his gospel.

 

You might say, but If I don’t suffer for the gospel, I wouldn’t need his power, love and sound mind… so I will just skip the whole thing. Ok, but you never experience the power of God in all of these areas.

It’s like all the times I have been the hospital for surgery… its 18 and counting. I had to experience the pain in order to understand the power of morphine.

I think most Christians don’t experience his power, love and sound mind because they play it safe and there is no reason for you to experience it. It is specifically saved for those who share the gospel. 

In the midst of political fractions and panic, 40% inflation, the media promoting race wars, LGBTQRS and AEIOU lies and agendas…. Wars in the world, commerce across the world is crumbling and the terrorist attacks… it would be easy to just hole up and focus on you and your safety - stay in your lane and don’t cross any boundaries. What a waste of power love and a sound mind. NOW is the time to sow the gospel and to share Christ. Now is the time to experience his power in all areas of your life because you share in the sufferings of his gospel. 

 

There was a famous Pilot in WW I who kept a diary of his fears and it later became a book and many people studied it… it makes me think of all of my journals that I have kept through out the years… there are a lot of stories and not all are good of filled with victory in Jesus… but on the other hand there are plenty where I stepped out for Jesus and felt his power love and sound mind. Those are the stories we should be making- so go for God, go for the Gospel!