Power over depression

[mukk_in]

Dear saints, this is an impromptu post triggered by a “suicide post-alert”. I’ll be brief.

It’s natural for saints to feel down and beat, and to such an extent that it grants Satan a toehold (Ephesians 4:27) to start traumatizing the saint. It’s important for the saint to be mentally (Romans 12:2), physically (1 Timothy 5:23), and spiritually fit (2 Timothy 4:2) to combat and defeat Satan.

Sometimes, it’s a lack of rest and fatigue that can bog us down. In 1 Kings 19 we see how the great Prophet Elijah, who had just defeated the false prophets of Baal, ran scared from a woman named Jezebel (1 Kings 19:3). The Prophet was discouraged, demoralized, defeated, and wanted to die (1 Kings 19:4-5)! What followed was so simple that it could almost be farcical. The Angel of the Lord admonished Elijah to “get up and eat” (1 Kings 19:5). God didn’t command the Prophet to pray, preach, or fast. Elijah was commanded to do the most obvious, eat and rest!

The Lord Jesus Christ is a perfect example of how to treat this “temple of the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:19). He met the spiritual needs of the people, but always knew their physical needs as well (Mark 6:36-40).

To beat Satan, we must be full of the Holy Spirit (Luke 24:49). He’s the only source of power that can beat hunger (Matthew 4:4), temptation (Matthew 4:10) and fatigue (2 Corinthians 4:16).

So don't let the devil and the world get you down, be aggressive for Christ in the Holy Spirit (Matthew 11:12) and let the devil get depressed for a change (Luke 10:18)!

Have a good week saints.

 

[1watchman]

Good point! Satan is always seeking to defeat Christians and draw any seekers away from God. All souls need to understand that any failure to hold fast to God and His Word, will give the enemy advantage to spiritually come in with his attacks. One elder saint many years ago told me that "the mind is the play-thing of the Devil"; and I am inclined to also believe that ---even as Eve found out in Genesis. We need to be committed to God and His Word and draw closer to God when things start looking spiritually bad. We must not give an open door to our enemy.