i speak in this post from the perspective of being "spirit filled " as one who knows as well as believes that we are in a war and tat war has angels and demons the power of the lords presence and the presence of all manner of wickedness at work in the children of disobedience .
Depression from a spirit filled & bible truth perspective
NO WORLD allowed .
I have noticed a phenomenon over the last 2 decades that has saturated even into the fabric of the church .and saturated it deeply .
it involves this odd thing the "
world "calls
depression .
and now the churches too often seem to accept it as "a medical issue "
one which millions (even from the church ) go to "worldly councilors for .
a condition that is imprinted upon peoples minds by the world and then profited from by the selling of untold millions of dollars for drugs which have
"never " healed any one but only numbed the symptom and increased the likelihood of a dependency on those drugs (which leads to more profits $$)and ...
the odd thing is .. when we look at the
worlds definition of "depression" we see everything opposite to what the lord JESUS offers us .and thus we must realize that to deal with this the worlds way .., is to
get it absolutely wrong .
ie - depression
dɪˈprɛʃ(ə
n/Submit
noun
1.
feelings of severe despondency and dejection.
"self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression"
synonyms: melancholy, misery, sadness, unhappiness, sorrow, woe, gloom, gloominess, dejection, downheartedness, despondency, dispiritedness, low spirits, heavy-heartedness, moroseness, discouragement,
despair, desolation, dolefulness, moodiness, pessimism, hopelessness;
All of the above describes a person without the LORD JESUS as lord in their life and without the active present power of the Holy Spirit .
Now, some, may leap in a defensive manner at such a bold statement (
and boy have they ever ).but i find zero scriptures where we are told having the power of the promised holy Spirit will cause us the symptoms described above in the "worlds" definition fo depression .
We need to look at the situation of depression from the aspect of Truth .,being , the
lord JESUS, as
lord of our lives hearts and minds .
His word is true
His word is faithful .
if we act on it ,according to it ,we will have the end result of what is promised in it .
if it is not so ..then none of us are saved and we are all in great woe . but we are NOT in great woe ..for his word IS true and in him we ARE saved .
thus i conclude that depression has no place or part with me ,for i am IN Christ Jesus.
And greater is he that is in me then he that is in the world .
no one becomes a state of what the "world " calls depression suddenly .. there is always a process that leads to it overtaking inundating overwhelming a person .for a Christian to get into such a state ,sadly they must follow a sorrowful path of ignoring the word of god and choosing to not plant their faith firmly IN God .
look again at that
worldly definition ..
"self doubt " -this in itself is erroneous, as the believer must have "faith in God via belief.. ,to fall into doubting is simply falling into unbelief .
if that sounds harsh , and it does ,then take another look at the the definitions of depression and you will see i put one word in bold .
"Despair" - this is defined as "a
complete lose of hope .
Now ,align that to the word of god and you will find NO one who has their faith in the lord Jesus can be
without hope ..,to lose all hope one must become blinded to true faith in the lord Jesus .
so how does one become so blinded to faith that they fall into despair within the blinds of what the world calls depression?
that- is a demonic work of oppressive evil spirits and time to cast off unbelief and realize that it is JESUS that people need to return to and that HE is the deliverer .
How do such mischievous spirits grasp hold of the minds of even the redeemed? one way is through our complacency , we allow our mood to rule us ,even entertain it .we cant be bothered searching the bible and knowing it , that we might apply what is written there in .so the enemy has a field day , we become as a soldier naked in a battle field - had we applied the armor of god ,we would not find ourselves so vulnerable to what amounts to school yard spiritual bullies around our feet .
And worse ..had we applied the armor of god we would not be so disarmed as to watch our fellow believers fall prey to such attacks .. because while most people are busy reading about the Armour
in relation to "SELF" they miss the truth that he goes on to say ..we get clothed in the Armour ..that we may be -Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication
for all saints;..it not about "YOU" .
it is sometimes unpleasant to be a person who makes the absolute statements . but there are times ...,sometimes after some wonderful prayer meetings .., that i wake and for no obvious reason i begin to feel despondent and "down" as we call it . but its written that we are not unaware of the wiles of the enemy ... so i recognize such a state of mind is not in agreement with the word of god and i tell that devil in no uncertain terms the truth of the mater as written in the world of God and within moments that "feeling " (which in truth is that evil spirit) flees from me .
any believer in the lord Jesus ,so doing ,as an act of faith ,will in no wise fall victim to the wiles of the enemy and find themselves in
slough of despondency (a loose reference to "A pilgrims progress" by John Bunyan)
To get there we must follow a path that is not the path of faith and belief.
But the lord is gracious and ever merciful and desires that
no one remain in such a state .., for any who call upon the lord believing in their heart shall be saved .. and there is no demon that can resist his true word .
Jesus is ,was and always will be ,the
sure answer and the
certain deliverer from demonic oppression .
though he may reveal its means of grip upon us , be it an unforgiving heart or ,
pride (which is the source of self pity AND an unforgiving heart) or a myriad of other things from pains to fears to SIN which poisons and works death in our body and so calls us to relinquish those things to the power of the cross and thus remove the devils
Jugs,Incuts,Slopers,Pinches,Crimps and Chips*, by which he maintains a grip upon our lives ..and with these removed he falls from us as a snake from a marbled wall .
in truth a return to belief .. a repentance from unbelief and a reestablishing of faith in Gods immeasurable power and truth in his word ..is the way out of depression for it is the way into CHRIST and HE is the door to life promising the believer that he has come that we might have LIFE and that ,ABUNDANTLY .
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* a reference to the names of the differing holds and grips in indoor rockclimbing
