Offense, Someone’s Going Down
The post below came after I had been hit with a deeply offensive circumstance…my knee jerk reaction was in the flesh….offense is a progress-killer. It is going to take someone down….it took me down to my knees, which gave me what I needed to get up again and to keep moving forward! Here is a portion of my journal as the Lord moved me from hurt and anger into obedience to prayer and victory in my heart. I hope this will help you to recognize the power of offense, which is – The Bait of Satan (John Bevere’s book) and that we will all choose the POWER of prayer, God’s provision as a way of escape when we are hurt and offended. Here’s the journal post:
Then it hit me….I was in a life changing service last night and this circumstance was coming in to undo all that God had done…because when you have unforgiveness and anger…you don’t please the Lord…..so the battle started….I am like God…I don’t want to lose ground, but you have got to be kidding me…this is too much….they have crossed the line…all in the reaction mode and then I consciously went into the prayer mode and begin to pray for God to keep them safe, that they would have a wonderful day, that their family relationships would be restored, just everything blessing…everything the opposite of what I was feeling….and I was crying as I prayed….but battling my way through it in obedience to the Word…knowing all the while I cannot allow the enemy to steal from me any longer…this hurt…actions that showed true colors…but there is a lost and dying world out there and this “hurt” is a distraction to God’s purpose for my life and His design to use me to reach the lost and to build up people and to fulfill my destiny….so am I hurt…yes….not as angry as I was….I will probably have to pray God’s blessing on them the whole day to combat the feelings that may stir up again….but this cannot be a stopper…I have to move forward….God is doing a work in me and I cannot afford the luxury of getting off course and being angry…you know – bottom line is that how people act or how we all feel…these things don’t change God’s Word and the power in it…and that power is translated and imputed to us through our choice to obey it Plain and simple…so already….this has not been a day of defeat, but a step toward more victory, more determination to go forward and to do so in obedience and with a clean heart…
