I suppose we should expect opposition.
I have had an aversion to seeing the devil under every stone. Warfare has more easily been understood as following the principles of Jesus. Where there is an obvious breach of sin or an outright action of commission relating to pride, lust, envy, jealousy, immorality, etc., that must be cared for. Most of life is best cared for in this mode!
I am not as sensitive to the engulfing presence of the evil one(s) as I would like to be. There is a point where life throws a blanket over joy, without warning. With nothing that would appear to be sinful, a bump in the road appears. Perhaps just for a moment in thought, sometimes for an extended period of distraction.
The blanket is not one that I pull over my head. The blanket seems to have been thrown over myself or a group of people indiscriminately.
Maybe not so indiscriminately. The other world, the world of the spirit and not of the flesh, has those who are watching over us. Not for good, but for evil. I need to be reminded that pushing back that attack needs special forces – personal prayer, mustering an army to fight with me, resisting the devil based in Jesus, and, I suppose, learning to recognize the form of an attack.
In this last while there have been those times. Scary times. The kind that causes you to flee to Jesus. And to appreciate others who are on this journey with you. Thank you for your whispers for me. Keep it up!
I understand what you are saying. It is odd that sometimes when everything is going well that a bump ( or a mountain !) wants to destroy your peace and mess up everything . Time to cling to the promises I have found more than ever.
There is power in praise and worship music. While the battle is not ours, our attitude and hope in Jesus is important. One thing that I often ponder on is this: What is it that I am doing that makes the enemy so mad as to attempt to cover my joy? If I come up with something, I generally try to double up in that area. Knowing that you have others praying and standing with you is so encouraging in times of heavy battle. From a far, I am praying – knowing that distance does not matter to the Spirit of the Lord.
May angels encamp around you, may you capture a sense of the firewall of protection around your loved ones and your home. And as I have heard you so often say: ‘Keep on keeping on.”