The words "spiritual attack" is something I have become very familiar with over the past year. I grew up knowing what a spiritual attack meant, but until I was in the middle of one, I could not have put to words what one would feel like. But now I not only know what one is, but through the wisdom of the Holy Spirit I know how to even see it coming.
God has a plan and a path for each one of us to follow. And the enemy wants to do anything and everything to stop that from happening. When we are not following that plan (or God's will), the enemy will sit dormant in our life because we are of no real threat to him. But the moment we start to realize that God is calling us to something and we begin to explore that....watch out! This is the moment we pop up on the enemies "radar". At first he may do small things like tempt you, try your patience or just try and frustrate you to knock you off your path. But when you dig in your heals and show him that what God wants for you in THE MOST important thing in your life, then he will turn up the heat on you. And it is in those moments that you MUST dig in deeper with the Lord and rely more on God. Do not think this is the time to stand strong on your own because you are "good" Christian and you've got this. That is exactly what the enemy would want you to do. This is one of the traps he loves to get us in. He wants you to let your pride take over and try to stand up to him without using the power and name of Jesus Christ. However, this would not be using Godly wisdom. And don't think you need to launch an attack back at the enemy either.....this is just something else he would want you to do. He is looking for a fight and the best way to disappoint him is to live in peace. When he comes at you, pray for God to give you a supernatural peace that the enemy knows nothing about. Something that allows you to find joy and gives you a reason to show love even in the worst of situations. ONLY God can provide that. Satan wants you to find peace and joy in the things this world has to offer because he knows they will eventually fail you and set you back even further than you were. When you rely on the things of this world for the feeling of love, peace, joy and a word people love to use..."happiness"...then you stop relying on God for all of these things. And when they let you down...and they will....you realize the distance that those things created between you and God. Ask God to provide an inner peace...and He will. Ask Him to show you joy in your life...and He will. Pray for Him to help you give the love to others that you are receiving from Him...and He will. But He will only do these things when you ask. So ask!!
Praise Report: Last week I didn't get to blog much. The reason for that was because my schedule was all thrown off and I had to take a couple of unexpected days off work. At a time when it was 16 degrees outside my furnace completely stopped working. And because I can see when the enemy is coming after me now, I knew this was not just about a furnace stopping. This was a spiritual attack to come at me from a financial side, to try to stress me out, to try to make me worry and to get me to react. However, I was not going to give the enemy that kind of satisfaction. I started off by dealing with this problem in prayer and then I watched the Lord do His work. In a matter of 48 hours He put me in touch with people in Illinois, Wisconsin and my home town to get me a conversion kit for parts that are no longer made. I saw people offer me free help over the phone for stuff that should have been billable. I watch God provide finically for $700 worth of parts that I did not expect to have to buy. And then God provided the skill set I needed to do the work myself.(something I had never done). To some in may sound silly to give God the credit for all of those things, but I'm here to tell you that it was only when I took my hands off of it, and trusted Him, that everything began to fall into place.
I know the enemy wanted to use this as one more way to "wreck me", but I refused to allow that to happen. God brought me through it...and to GOD I give all the credit. Thank you Lord for being a God that loves me enough to get involved in even the smallest details of my life!
God, Thank You that you want to get involved in the smallest details of our lives. Please help us stay humble enough to allow You to. Give us the wisdom to see the enemy's attacks on us and go straight to You for help. Do not let us fall into the trap of fighting the enemy on our own....Your Word promises us we don't have to, and that when we call upon the name of Jesus the enemy will run in fear. So let Your name always be the first thing we call upon when things get tough. And then, remind us to go and tell others what all You did to help us. Thank you again God for ALL You do for us each and every day of our lives. In Jesus name, Amen
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