Deliverance takes time, but God will do it: if you let Him
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I sought the Lord and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34:4
Deliverance takes many forms. By definition it means to be saved from something dangerous or unpleasant. That dangerous or unpleasant thing can be the obvious drugs or alcohol or it can be something less obvious and invisible like past circumstances, past relationships, or even one's self. It's easy to spot an open sin, but how about the sins that plague the mind? Not so easy then.
We can find ourselves in a constant mental battle needing deliverance from our self and our history and past.
Have you ever found yourself "over it" only to find out later -maybe even years later, you really weren't over anything? Issues and events from childhood, hurt relationships, family pain, bad decisions, wrong choices, they all lie dormant in our mind and the enemy, with his undefeated self, finds the right time to bring them to the surface, causing us to feel less than and inadequate.
Thirteen years ago, I was so incredibly hurt and pained that I began to harbor and show hatred. I didn't know how to move past the tears and heartache. What I did know, was that I needed to be healed and delivered, what I didn't know, was that it was a process; a process that I had to be willing to go through.
Well, time passed and I was sure I had been delivered and I was positive that I had been healed, until I was confronted with the situation almost a year later. Every feeling that I previously felt, instantly resurfaced. Everything that I thought I had given to God and was set free from, was still right there, in my spirit, ready to come out and show its ugly face.
I wasn't delivered at all.
I was still hurt.
I still felt pain and I still need to be healed.
During down times, I would sit and think about how badly I was mistreated. I would victimize myself.
I hadn't completed the process.
The second time around was different. I gave it completely to God. I went through the process of letting go and allowing God to burn up every thing that was taking residence in my heart, that didn't have permission to be there.
I exposed myself to God, confessed my sins, and stayed in constant prayer.
When I drove, I prayed.
As I waited in lines at the store, I prayed.
Cooking meals in the kitchen, I spoke to God and prayed.
I couldn't get away from myself. I couldn't escape my own thoughts; therefore I had to pray and talk to God, or else my mind would wander and stop right on the pain I was trying to escape.
One day, something just broke in me. All other days, I was only scratching the surface, but on this particular day, I received a breakthrough. I received my deliverance and this deliverance didn't take place in church, it happened one day during my daily car ride home.
The spirit of the Lord filled my car and I cried out to God. At the moment, I was released. I really wanted to be set free from the dealings of my past that often came to taunt me, but it didn't happen over night. Even more important, it didn't happen by my own doing. I had to let God take control.
Confronted again by the same situation, I felt nothing; absolutely nothing. My heart did not ache and my spirit of forgiveness was not comprised. Years later, the same thing. Today, the same thing.
My mind needed to be delivered from circumstances that negatively affected me. I had to be delivered from myself.
Satan has no power. The only thing he does is deceives us and this deception begins in the mind.
An idle mind is the devil's playground - Philippians 4:8
Every pain, every heartache, every individual that wronged you, has no power over you. Don't think about, but think about it. God has made you victorious. He has called you above. Every set back is a set up for God to elevate and bless you.
You are more than a conqueror (Romans 8:37).
Don't rush it, go through the process, although it may hurt for a while, it is meant for your good. When you are totally delivered and set free, your past won't be able to taunt you and your mind will not revisit the things that wish to hold your emotions captive.
You will be free.
You are free!
Deliverance takes time, but God will do it!
Peace & blessings,
Carica
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