As far as I can tell, he's talking about taking the heart out of an attack by refusing to "follow you down"--that is, engage in the habitual response. If he were to indulge the attacker by trying to argue, he would only expose himself to more wounds and drag the thing out.
I think this can be taken as a way to deal with Satan; he often uses people to tell us things about ourselves--how much we're worth, how we should feel about people ("and I hate that I suspect you're right")--and because we listen to him, he controls us. In Jesus we have this chance to begin living, and it completely blows Satan's bluffing out of the water. Searching that life out, though, means shutting out some of the noise.
As far as I can tell, he's talking about taking the heart out of an attack by refusing to "follow you down"--that is, engage in the habitual response. If he were to indulge the attacker by trying to argue, he would only expose himself to more wounds and drag the thing out.
I think this can be taken as a way to deal with Satan; he often uses people to tell us things about ourselves--how much we're worth, how we should feel about people ("and I hate that I suspect you're right")--and because we listen to him, he controls us. In Jesus we have this chance to begin living, and it completely blows Satan's bluffing out of the water. Searching that life out, though, means shutting out some of the noise.