2 Corinthians 10:4 explains 'The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.'
MENTAL NOISE AND a dissonant or chaotic spirit are signs of demonic interference and also weapons of Evil.
What does that mean exactly?
The sign is God's way of speaking to us *consequentially,* telling us where we are spiritually in the scheme of things given (the *sign* references if you will) the weight of our unredeemed sins, while also shedding light on how we got there, and warning us that we're in danger and need to seek higher ground.
On the *weapon* side of things, meanwhile, the noise drives us to run after consolations that provide escape from the pain & confusion that accompanies the noise when *interior prayer and healing* is often (always) the remedy, regardless of how counter-intuitive it may feel at the time.
Now, why would the Devil do that — why would he harass & harangue us to scramble after temporal relief during times of mental or spiritual distress?
Well, we know why.
Because it's a constant ploy of his to keep ALL OF US lashed aboard our sinking ships (a metaphor for the *wages of sin*) and keep us stuck in place to suffer the slings and arrows of demonic powers kept fed by the still-burning fires of our transgressions until our badly crippled vessle is plunged into the black depths of despair.
Our prayer, in contrast, is Satan's kryptonite.
Prayer hits him where it hurts (he's supernaturally greater than us, yes, and infinitely smaller than Jesus).
By STANDING OUR GROUND, by facing into the storm ... by asking Jesus to forgive us, and by repenting of our sins, WE CAN TAKE AUTHORITY IN JESUS' NAME AND REBUKE THAT WHICH ASSAILS US ... BREAKING EVIL's GRIP, AND FORCING THE DEMONS TO CRUMBLE OR FLEE ... and in so doing ...
... in so doing, beloved ...
RESTORE THE BALANCE OF POWER BACK WHERE IT — AND WE — BELONG ... inside the saving folds of God's perfect, availing love, with all of the benefits — *including demonic deliverance* — that are ours by faith & adoption.
And this — THIS — is how we destroy speculations and strongholds, by becoming One again with ...
👑 The Father
🌟 Son and
🔥 Holy Spirit …
… the source and summit of our existence, and home to every yearning soul.
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Pathways to Mercy: The Weapons of War
by Obsidian Rex, All Rights Reserved, 2023