You know, I was getting ready for work this morning, and
right before I ate breakfast, this was dropped in my spirit.
Why don't we in the body of Christ sow into the lives of
others (via an encouraging word, a word from the Lord, intercession, standing
in the gap, etc.)? As I look at my life and many around me, I’m finding that there
are so many who are self-sabotaging their futures because of past mistakes (or
childhood abuse). I’ll be honest, when I was young and even now that I’m old, I
find myself wanting to punish myself when I do something wrong whether it be in
thought, word and deed. And this happens knowing that God loves me and will
forgive me when I repent. Now watch this, many think that when they sin (and
I’ve done this at times too), that God is mad at them and he hates them. That
couldn’t be further from the truth. He hates sin, not YOU! All of this
self-inflicting, self-pain, self-punishment is all part of the devil's plan, to
divide us from people, but to also divide us from ourselves.
You know, Mark 3:24-26 says the following: If a kingdom is
divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided
against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan has risen up against
himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. Did you get that? If
the enemy is divided, he cannot stand and he has an end. When the enemy
ensnares people with the sole intent to divide them from themselves, that's what
brings about an "IDENTITY CRISIS." I don't know about you, but I'm
tired of seeing my brothers and my sisters being picked off by the devil! That
spirit can no longer hang over my brother’s heads & my sister’s heads.
So, how do we declare war on those with an Identity Crisis?
As I am someone who speaks on mental illness, I want to be very careful with
this. In most cases, many illnesses were brought on a person not by choice
(especially when they have experienced trauma in their lives). In these cases (and
this is the focal point of this particular blogpost), this all came from a
demonic spirit. This is the war I’m referring to. But wait, this war is not
against flesh and blood (it’s a spiritual war when it’s all said and done). But
back to my question: how do we declare war on those with an Identity Crisis? First,
we need to have a faith so grounded in Christ, notice I said Christ and not in
people. As we live day to day, we see the world getting worse and worse
(increase of wars, love of many growing cold – if you want to read the source
of this, check out Matthew 24:1-14). As a result, people in the world are being
picked off by the devil, but we in the body of Christ need to be extremely
careful, that we don’t get picked off by the devil. Although the devil seeks
those he may devour (1 Peter 5:8), but let me say this: 1 John 5:4 declares that
this is the victory that has overcome the world—even our faith.
Second, it's time for some serious intercession within the
Body of Christ for each other in a spirit of love and not to show how spiritual
you are. We all need to experience the healing power of Christ especially in
this hour, for Jesus is the Ultimate Healer. Believe me, a healing is needed
for the minds, bodies, souls and spirits of many. We can sing Hezekiah Walker's
I Need You To Survive, but how seriously do we take it? As for me personally, I’m
determined (for His glory and not my own) to stand in the gap as an open and
yielded vessel for those in the body of Christ who are hurting and struggling
with an Identity Crisis.
Blessings,
The Mayne Man
You keep saying you're so old. You're young! And your spirit knows it. Great introspection, as always.
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