CONCERNING WHOSE AGENDA
If the devil is allowed to set the agenda for warfare…
If you leave the door open for him to set the time, schedule, and timing for warfare, he will.
Too many believers do spiritual warfare as a reaction to the devil rather than a response to the L-rd. Too many believers hear of a bad situation happening and instead of checking in with the L-rd, they “bind the devil in Jesus’ name”, when they should be asking Dad if He wants them to fight, or if He wants them to be restrained because the bad situation is meant to be a trigger from the L-rd to transition the person away from a chronically bad situation into one that is better. We too often address the devil while simultaneously neglecting to consider either the open doors or the other options.
CONSIDERING RIGHT TIME OF DAY AND TIMING
If the devil cannot decrease your effectiveness, he will be content with your exhaustion.
If you are effective as an exorcist but you insist on leaving time for ministering exorcism from 10:30 PM and finishing around 2:00 AM, the devil will be content with you chronically getting 4 hours of sleep, which will ultimately decrease your effectiveness in the long run.
Timing and schedule your ministry of exorcism ought to be reserved for a more appropriate hour of the day fall for this trap.
Devils are like the Kardashians. Good press, bad press, any kind of press, they just want press.
Arthur Burk
If you want demons to perform in a deliverance because that is what you look for regularly, so you can have a good fight, they will perform for you, and they will give you a full three-ring circus. But I despise demons performing. “The only good deliverance is a boring deliverance”.
Deliverance does not necessarily have to be a messy affair all the time. Their job, once the legal right has been addressed for their being there, is to just go with a word (Matthew 8:16). Period.
For a good and extensive treatment of many issues in warfare, consider the following record by Arthur Burk. It will be well worth your time, and he is exceptionally even-handed and non-drama when it comes to deliverance.
https://theslg.com/content/spiritual-warfare
You have certainly opened the door for a good discussion on this topic. It drives me crazy to watch good Christians see the devil in circumstances that I discern are opportunities to trust God more. Or worse, fighting course corrections. I say that because I don’t think every time plans are thwarted is the devil,. We fare so much better when we seek God’s infinite wisdom about overturned plans rather than automatically think it’s the devil.
The second part, getting worn down, that is very interesting and It stirred the soil of my heart for good seed. Fit me it’s not in deliverance, but distractions I allow way too many and in fact see it so clearly after the way you explained being wore down. As usual it was a pleasure reading your blog!
Ruthann777, it is a deep honor to know my material is life-giving to you. Kindest regards as you consider the nuances.
You have certainly opened the door for a good discussion on this topic. It drives me crazy to watch good Christians see the devil in circumstances that I discern are opportunities to trust God more. Or worse, fighting course corrections. I say that because I don’t think every time plans are thwarted is the devil,. We fare so much better when we seek God’s infinite wisdom about overturned plans rather than automatically think it’s the devil.
The second part, getting worn down, that is very interesting and It stirred the soil of my heart for good seed. Fit me it’s not in deliverance, but distractions I allow way too many and in fact see it so clearly after the way you explained being wore down. As usual it was a pleasure reading your blog!
Ruthann777, it is a deep honor to know my material is life-giving to you. Kindest regards as you consider the nuances.