Chapter 6 – Mind-Binding Spirits

Now why hasn’t anyone brought this up before? I could have used this long ago. Teeny, tiny chapter full of something very very important. And possible relief.

Mind-Binding Spirits.

God told me to do something. I laughed because it seemed ludicrous. He told me to do it anyway.

At some point surrounding this conversation, a sermon or a Bible Study or a Bible reading had included the story of Moses. Moses said not me and I’m not made for this job and choose someone else. God said no – it is you that I want.

God likes to show His strength through our weakness.

And God’s voice was so strong, that after the laugh, I did it. And met rejection. I don’t know what His goal was, but it wasn’t the same as mine.

It didn’t matter – yes, I was hurt and confused, but I knew what I was told and I knew that it was going to work out in the end. Nope. I was wrong.

Now, after this happening a few times in a row … little did I realize  … the mind-binding spirits set in. I can no longer believe what I once believed. I used to believe that God could use me. That there was nothing I couldn’t do through Him. Just trust Him to use me where He wants me and hold on for the ride.

Now I believe I am no use to Him. I can do nothing. Nobody wants me. I’m the wrong person. I have nothing to offer. I was wrong. God doesn’t talk to me. It was something else. It was something evil. What am I that only evil uses me …

You get the idea. Mind-binding spirits paralyze you from God’s work.

Joyce Meyer had them too. God showed them to her and she prayed for their removal. She helped me. She told me what to pray. She had immediate relief. I wanted immediate relief. I felt my mind, my head expanding. It was very strange. I long to think that it was a mind-binding spirit leaving. I think I will continue to pray that prayer until I feel invincible again …

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6,7 (ESV)