Boy, it’s so wonderful and powerful that Jesus wants to take me to the place where I not only choose Him every day, but that I can choose Him every second of every day. Coming from the dire position of CCPTSD and all of its destructive symptoms, I can tell you that is the difference between life and death. Jesus is so freeing.
The second I begin feeling badly about myself (because of a situation, or what have you), the moment I begin to faint in my thoughts, to feel weak in my mind, that’s an alarm that the enemy is influencing my thoughts. He’s trying to get me to start believing his lies. If I listen to him, if I take his initial, destructive thought, other destructive thoughts begin to dominate my mind. I become discouraged, fearful, confused, and lose my joy in the Lord.
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
Psalm 107:20
What destructions does Jesus want to set you free from? Is it sadness, heartbreak, anger, worry, fear, discouragement, disappointment, confusion, insecurity, jealousy, the fussies, the past, the future, marriage issues, works, greed, the spirit of mammon that has you so worried about money, ill health…Whatever it is, Jesus is Lord over it and He came to show you how to get free from it in Him. Ask Him to show you the way of escape from the destructions. He’ll do it.
The enemy is always trying to destroy us. But, God sent His Word to deliver us from the devil’s schemes and attempts to bring us harm.
I felt so justified in the darkness – especially, fussy thoughts. In my mind and spirit, I even fought against anyone, book, teaching, the Holy Spirit, and anything else that seemed to contradict my predicament because I really believed I was right living with my hurtful, self-pity, angry, “ripped off” thought patterns – It was Godly anger, right? I had almost nothing but mangled, dark thoughts, but I thought they were God’s thoughts so I felt justified in them. I thought God must surely be fortifying my justified thoughts and reactions. I got so bad that I could not turn my neck very far from one side to the other because I had become so bitter, resentful, and unforgiving – anger brings with it a whole bunch of nasty things.
Boy, was I wrong in my justification and anger. And, I was so wrong about God; Who He was and what He really wanted and had in store for me. Praise God!
Thank God, He sent His Word to deliver me from the destruction Satan was working in my life. Wow, what a clever liar the devil is. God’s Truth will set us free from Satan’s traps if we’re willing to let God do it.
For such a long time, Annie would get up in the morning and not ask me how I was, or how I slept, because she was so afraid my answer would start all of us on a downward spiral to fussy, anger, depression, fear, anxiety and hopelessness.
But, just in time, God sent His Word, Jesus, to heal us (Annie and me), and then to keep us free from destruction. Thank You, God!
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21
God bless,
Mark
Note: While we may not agree with everything a particular church or Christian group teaches or believes, there are times when we can be blessed by something outside the realm of our current understanding of God.