Defeating The Enemy
Q. For months now I’ve been in a dry place and I just don’t know how to get out of it. I’ve struggled with the lack of desire I have for our Lord and his word. The shame and guilt is there when I wake up and tucks me in at night. I’ve even stopped going to church every Sunday and communication (prayer) with the Lord isn’t any better. I want to be on fire again and I want to love the Lord’s church and I want to be restored to fellowship with Jesus Christ…I just don’t know how.
I’ve asked the Lord for forgiveness and help. Even so, the feelings of failure is always on my mind. I know the evil one is evil and I know he is having a field day in my thoughts and life. I’ve given him too much credit and most often am nagged by fear of being left behind, fear of missing Jesus on that day he comes for his church, fear that anyday now he is going to give me what I deserve and something bad will happen to me. I’m in deep cover now and look more like the old me then the new creation I truly am. Does this happen to other Christians? What advice can you give?
A. I’ve heard of this happening but have not experienced it. I can tell you that it’s not from God. He wants this fixed even more than you do. This is an enemy attack so start by claiming the promise of James 4:7-8:
“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you.”
Your fear is irrational and contradicts your knowledge of the Lord. As long as you believe Jesus died for you, you can’t be left behind. He took the punishment that was due you and restored peace between you and God, so from His point of view you don’t deserve to have anything bad happen. 2 Cor. 10:3-5 says we can take thoughts like you’re having captive and make them obedient to Christ. You do this by reviewing the promises of God and using them to defeat the enemy. This is the model Jesus showed us when He withstood the Devil in the wilderness (Matt. 4).
Then, since your mind can only focus on one thought at a time, you apply Phil. 4:8,thinking about the good things in your life and recognizing that they’re all from God, because He is the giver of every good and perfect gift (James 1:17). The enemy will see he’s not going to win and will depart.
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