We Are Not Alone

Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” Hebrews 13:5 & 6

It is amazing to me that anxiousness, anxiety, fear, phobias and condemnation have such a grip on not only unbelievers, but also on God’s children. This is not the reason Jesus died on the cross! He willingly went to the cross so we did not have to carry our sins, our sicknesses, or our mental torments.

I have learned that everything that happened at the cross had incredible spiritual meaning. First, the stripes on Jesus’ back indicated the 39 basic diseases that are at the root of every disease known to man. Jesus took those stripes upon His body explaining the scripture “by His stripes, we were healed!” (Isaiah 53:4 & 1 Peter 2:24) The thorny crown that was pressed into His scalp where the points of those thorns were actually piercing his skull was representing the mental torment. "The chastisement for our peace was upon Him." (Isaiah 53:4) Then, of course, were the nails that pierced his hands and feet that represented the sin of mankind that we attained through the rebellion of Adam in the Garden of Eden. "He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities." (Isaiah 53:4)

I said all that to say that Jesus desires us to be free from mental torment. He bore all that on the cross. The one who wants you to be fearful, full of anxiety, have phobic tendencies and self-condemnation is Satan. It is his purpose to 1) keep you in the bondage of those fears so you will not realize the power you hold as a child of God, 2) that you will be consumed with yourself, 3) to keep you from realizing the destiny that God has planned for you and 4) to keep you from defeating him (the devil) with your knowledge of what Jesus had done through the cross.

It is Satan who likes to heap condemnation, past failures, and the unknown future in your mind which will immobilize you with fear. He just blows or whispers those thoughts in your mind because he knows when you take that seed of insecurity or inability into your thought process and nurture it like a mama nurtures a baby, that it will incapacitate you from moving ahead with confidence in God which Jesus has made available to you through His death on the cross.

It is time that we are no longer ignorant of the strategies of the devil. We must be wise to the fact that negative thoughts come from our mortal enemy. If we become scared, anxious, condemned, uncertain about yourself or the future, it is NOT from God but from Satan. When it happens, you must speak to the devil like you speak to a naughty child like this:

Declaration: Satan! I know what you are up to and I will not accept these lies you are telling me. I have been redeemed, purchased and covered through the blood of Jesus and you have no right to my life. If you have any condemnation, fear or anxiety to deliver to me, you have to take it to Jesus because He is the one who has all my sins, sicknesses and torments. They are no longer mine. In Jesus Name, leave my thoughts NOW and do not return!