Satan’s Mind Games

Last Sunday, I was hit hard by a massive, full on attack of evil.

While the musicians were doing their music practice ad other people were getting things ready for church, I found a big stream of negative thoughts going through my head. I was making judgements against other people, being resentful of the least important things. Everywhere I looked, I found a reason to be frustrated. It was like this volcano of violence was stirring in my head, and it was about to erupt.

Not a nice scenario for just before church!

I closed myself in my office and began to repent of my wrong thinking. Then I rebuked satan and told him to get out of my head and out of our building. I claimed it all for Jesus and everything calmed down. The peace of God began to reign.

When we are walking with the Lord, satan is always working to trip us up. He puts thoughts into our minds that sound like our thoughts but really are not. Satan knows our weaknesses, so he will always press the buttons that get the maximum effect. It might be lust, jealousy, accusations, greed… the list is endless.

The key to overcoming these things is to keep our attention on Jesus.

In our daily activities, our busy-ness or stresses, we can find our eyes diverted from Jesus and onto other things. That is when satan will slip in the wrong thoughts, the destructive mind space.

The cure is simple.

First;y recognise that these thoughts are not yours but from the enemy.

Secondly repent of letting satan get into your thinking.

Thirdly, dedicate yourself again to the Lord.

After that, it is just a matter of staying vigilant. When those thoughts start to come into your head, quickly turn to prayer and worship.

The funny thing is that when we do that, the devil finds his tactics are not working any more, and he will leave us alone, until another source of temptation can be found.

Stay close to the Lord!