I just
re-dedicated my life to the Lord. Hallelujah! (Amen!)
Yep. I will
soon be celebrating my fifth year of being a sober-Jesus follower,
and felt the desire to recommit everything about my being to my Papa
God.
A lot led up to
that decision, but one experience in particular started everything.
We go to various
schools or hospitals in the morning, and this past Tuesday morning,
(Kelsie’s birthday!!) we were supposed to be going to a nearby
University. So we prepared our typical program and were set.
As we were
getting ready to leave, the Pastor in charge of us told us that there
was a change in plans and instead of going to the University, we
would be going to a Secondary school where the students are being
beat up by demons.
Suddenly I
didn’t feel like our program would suffice.
Luckily, the
Lord has been teaching us a lot about spiritual warfare…and if you
know anything about my story, you know that I’m not ignorant to the
things in the spirit world. Also, I think out of complete love from
our Father, we as a team watched “Furious Love” just the night
before.
So, demon
battered children…ok. Let’s go.
Obviously we
didn’t know what to expect. So I told the girls we would go and just
see what the Lord has for us to do.
When we arrived
we went into an empty classroom and sat there talking amongst
ourselves for probably 30 minutes, when finally someone came and told
us that they were ready for us.
We went to where
the students had gathered and one by one demons started manifesting
in these five beautiful girls.
Well. You can
tell me demons don’t exist all you want, but when you are face to
face with an experience like this, there’s really no time to debate.
So, all of us started rebuking the devils. And, one by one, the
demons left.
I will never
forget the pure joy experienced when a demon leaves.
Needless to say,
we had quite the start to our day. I don’t think Kelsie will ever
forget this birthday. And something was confirmed inside of me,
something that I was kind of always scared to accept.
I have never
felt such joy as I did while I was on the battlefield. And that’s
how it always is with me. I love fighting in the spirit world. I
love standing on the word of God and exercising my authority over the
powers and principalities in the name of Jesus Christ.
But, I’ve always
been scared to go for it completely. I know that if I decide to be
such a Kingdom fighter, things that I let slide will no longer be
able to slide. I won’t be able to compromise as much as I have in
the past. I will have to become more disciplined. And people will
probably always think I’m crazy.
All that said, I
decided that it’s worth it. I’ve decided that I want whatever the
Lord intended for me while He was knitting me together. I don’t want
option two or road three…I want to go in the path that He intended
for me from day one.
Whatever that
means.
So, I
rededicated my life to Papa. I gave Him complete control to do with
me what He wants. I gave Him complete control to take away
everything and to use me however He sees fit. My life belongs to Him
anyway, who am I to dictate what He does with His property.
All that being
said, I feel like it’s really important to remind everyone
reading…that, while yes, we are born into a world at war. And
there is a battle raging. The reality is, the Papa God has already
completed this work.
And while, yes,
there are in fact demons, they do have strange power and they can
possess people…there are also angels. So many more angels. Much
much more powerful angels.
I can walk
confidently out onto the battlefield, only because I know I’m
covered. The atoning blood of Jesus is enough, but just because He
loves us so much, He surrounds us with His mighty warrior angels.
He is the God of
the Angel Armies.
So Papa, here I
am again. Yours.
Love you.
ps…sorry for the lack of photos…i realize i’m breaking the rules. forgive me?
