Last night I was reminded of just how far God has brought me from my old life. I was remembering a conversation I had with a woman I was mentoring. We talked about familiar spirits. I explained to her that when I was younger, my familiar spirit was sexual abuse. So anyone that had either been abused themselves or was an abuser would be able to search me out. I always wondered if it was something written all over my forehead but as I've walked with God He has revealed it's much more than that. We have a tendency to find people with familiar spirits. Sometimes that can be a good thing and sometimes it can be a bad thing. Some people that live in misery surround themselves with people of the same temperament. Likewise with people that are seeking the truth and seeking to live their lives according to God's plan. That is why the church body is so powerful. Because when 2 or more come together things happen. Now the same is true when it is destruction that is involved. Sew good, reap good. Sew destruction, reap destruction.
My friend asked me if that familiar spirit ever leaves and I said yes it does. Once a person changes their spirit to do good and righteous things, the old goes away. So if someone that was an abuser was around me today, they would not get a sense that I was weak and that I would be able to be taken advantage of. Now I will tell you that I have a familiar spirit for people that have been abused because that is something you never forget. I've forgiven just not forgotten and God allows us to remember for our testimony. If it wasn't for my sexual abuse I wouldn't be able to help women to the extent I do today. So I can say with full honesty today I am thankful for all the trauma I went through. It's molded me into a woman with a mission. A mission to help save women from their own destruction.
So if you are living your life wondering if you will ever be able to get past where you are today. I am here to say absolutely! But you have to want to change that spirit about you. Because if you are used to living in the pit.....that's where you will have a tendency to hang out. It may be a pit, but it's your pit. It's what is normal and comfortable to you. But it's time to find a new sense of normal. Change your familiar spirit. The world is not going to change, so you need to do it yourself. I tell my youngest son. The town he lived in is not going to change. The people that he hung out with probably won't change but he has to. Because if he comes back home with the same spirit, it's only a matter of time before temptation takes over. We have to make ourselves strong enough so that Satan himself could show up at our doorstop and we could smile and shut the door in his face. I pray that for you today. Find the strength! It's in there. You may just need to look another direction to find it.
"Don't overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. God isn't late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn't want anyone lost. He's giving everyone space and time to change." 2 Peter 3:8-9 (The Message)
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