Satan
plants lies in the trauma of our past to keep us in bondage to the negative
emotions of that incident. This fear, dread, shame, depression, deprivation,
anger, revenge, etc. all influence our life every day. (
www.theophostic.com )
These
negative feelings filter into our conscious mind from our subconscious mind and
intensify our current mood. They program us for failure, addictions, broken
relationships and stress. They control our life and we often do not even
realize that they are there.
Satan
blinds us to their existence and has a field day with our emotions. The
solution to this Pandora’s Box is to submit our thoughts to God and to ask Him
to show us these lies and His truth about them (Galatians 5:1).
Start
with the manifesting negative emotion and consciously concentrate on the words
in your mind fueling that emotion. Those are Satan's lies. Then ask God to show
you His truth about these lies.
Sometimes,
the negative emotion will lead us to an idol in our life. We relinquish to God our
expectations and pet peeves, which fuel our negative emotions and cause us to
feel frustrated, irritated and angry.
God
frees us from the tyranny of these emotions. This freedom is our inheritance as
children of God (John 8:36). There is no reason for us to remain in bondage to
these past issues, when we are guaranteed this liberty through Christ’s
sacrifice on Calvary’s cross (Galatians 5:1).
It
may take a while for us to walk in total freedom from the past, but little by
little and day by day, God delivers us from Satan’s lies and bathes us in His
peace, joy and love.
Prayer:
Father God, remind us that pride and rebellion
restrict our freedom in You. We cannot walk in Your Truth (Psalm 119:160)
without walking in Your righteousness as well. You desire our total devotion
and worship (Mark 12:30). That is why You created mankind in the first place.
As we completely surrender to Your will for
our life and exalt You above all else, we will decrease as You increase in our soul
(John 3:30). We will feel fewer negative thoughts and emotions and find Your
joy, which is beyond description and full of Your glorious presence (1 Peter
1:7-9).
Thought
for the Day:
Unbelief,
the flesh and disobedience will keep us in bondage to Satan’s lies. -
Deuteronomy 7:17; James 4:3; Titus 3:3
