A rut in a deep groove. There are physical as well as emotional and spiritual ruts. Colossians 3:2 says, “Set your mind on things above, and not on things on the earth.”

Addictions are a spiritual rut. They are formed from a destructive mindset that is constantly fed by self-talk lies. Galatians 5:16 says, “…Walk in the Spirit: and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.”

Our flesh strongly opposes the Holy Spirit. I like to think about it like this. Try connecting two magnets. They repel each other because they are polar opposites. Verse 17 says, “For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.”

Destructive mindsets are houses of thoughts that radically oppose God’s way. They will only fall when we renew our minds with God’s word.