Who Has Your Ear…

Excerpt from Shackles–

I, like many people, was deceived by thinking that just because God was in my heart that the devil didn’t occasionally have my ear.  And to be honest, having my heart dedicated to Jesus but lending my ears to the devil is a definite way to live in complete confusion and chaos, and that is not what the Lord wants for our lives.

I wanted more than anything to be free of the emotional baggage I had carried around, but the enemy masked his existence in my life just as soon I would start to uncover his ploys.  This was an exhausting way to live. 

The Lord revealed to me one night at a prayer meeting that I had unknowingly allowed the devil to continue his antics because I had not uncovered the hidden sins in my life: bitterness, pride, victim mentality, anger and rage. This was not a fun realization to have. 

I couldn’t quite comprehend this concept because I was a saved, sanctified Christian of several years and was trying to live right. But I was walking around in so much confusion because the devil masked his existence in ways that made me think that his thoughts were actually my thoughts. The devil then made me think that this was a normal and acceptable way to live. Boy oh boy, he is such a deceiver!

I was deceived into thinking that these spirits were my personality traits and not the enemy’s ploy to continue robbing me of my complete freedom.  I had carried them around so long that I didn’t even realize they had become who I was and how I identified myself. 

Then the Lord revealed to me that it was time to uncover the enemy and shine a light on what the devil had tried to keep hidden.  He showed me that I had made friends with bitterness, pride, victim mentality, anger, and rage and it was time to take back what the enemy had stolen from me! 

God calls us to live in freedom, so let’s take the necessary steps to take back what the enemy has stolen from us. Did you know that once you uncover what the enemy wants to keep hidden, then God can start his restoration process with you? The first step to this is asking yourself the following questions:

What are the things in your life that you want to be free from?

Why is the enemy so terrified of you exposing him?

Are you ready to start the process of evicting the enemy from your life?

I dive into the process of uncovering the enemy in our lives in much greater detail in my new book, Shackles, (coming October-2019), along with what to expect from the Lord once this process begins.

I would love to hear your thoughts, so please leave a comment below.