In Matthew 13:24-30 Jesus gave the parable of the wheat and the tares. Verse 25 says, “But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.” That is a perfect description of how a fiery dart lie is sown into our hearts.

When God’s word is planted in our hearts, it becomes a sentinel to warn us to deflect fiery darts. If we are inattentive to the prompting of the Holy Spirit, they will penetrate and drop into our heart. They then begin to feed the lies into our thought processes. 

In my experience, the lies come in a first person form of “I am not…” They also may come as an accusation against another. “They are so…” The darts are always demeaning, negative, and defeating.

2 Corinthians 10:4 reminds us that we are in a spiritual battle. It says, “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.” Verse 5 says to bring every thought captive. Does it mean that we have to carefully examine every thought?