Has this ever happened to you. Someone, who was close to you, did something to harm you and you find out. The anger, the feeling of wanting to retaliate? With people it is not the right thing to do, retaliation belongs to God.
But let's look at a different setting. The feeling of being beat up, loosing important moments in our life, loosing things, friends. Maybe not even starting something because we feel so bad, depressed and beat up, hopeless.
This is how satan makes us often feel, with the help of people.
I want to share this with you today: As a child, I had many demons to battle. Not knowing though. I, as many children in my situation, using cooping mechanisms. One of mine was to sometimes violently rock back and forth in my bed. A way to release tension and I felt safe in my bed. Many people who have had personal, amazing encounters with the living God/The Holy Spirit and Jesus, have been trough some trauma. Not to say that God will not show Himself to those who had a good upbringing. Not at all, He does.
But there is a process of deliverance from past trauma that can be intense and often God moves in a supernatural way not be known to the ones that lives without or less trauma.
Thanksgiving to the Lord for His Great Works of Deliverance. Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Psalm 107:1
Today, I had a moment of despair. Didn't really know why. I had no obvious reason. I turned in prayer to God. There I have seen an image in my mind, it was a picture of me rocking back and forth in my bed. But then I saw an image of the enemy looking at me, laughing. The enemy was happy that I suffered and that I was in agony.
This made me angry and all I could think is: "How can satan be so happy to hurt a young child?" Then I switched my brain - made a decision to stand up and no longer tolerate the feeling of despair and defeat. I made a decision!
You see,
..casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, 2Chor. 10:5
is the very thing we must do! We need to make a decision to no longer tolerate the lies of the enemy. This child is now a grown up and the power is in me:
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he (satan) who is in the world 1John 4:4
But this wisdom did not come from me. It took the revelation of the Holy Spirit to point this truth out to me. Just as Jesus spoke to Peter. He asked Peter, who am I? And Peter replied. You are the Christ. Jesus told Peter: "He made me see the how ugly the enemy is fighting us. I was able to withstand the familiar feeling, because I could see it was a lie. Today, I had no reason, God had delivered me from many different kind to trauma. I am free and free indeed.
Let's claim our freedom in Christ and exercise the truth of the word and no longer tolerate the lies of the enemy. Let's declare God's word over us, boldly. As I had to turn in prayer to God because of the awful feeling I had, I am asking you to do the same. Allow God to speak to your mind and be free from lies.
Father, I pray for all reading this, to have the courage to pursue Freedom in Christ and to live a life of adventure with you. Jesus, deliver, heal and set free. In Your name AMEN
Good bye until next time.
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