Whatever was it that happened?

[Quasiblogo]

I am perceived to be a well-balanced follower of Christ (and I
think that I am as well). While I am not presently troubled
by some past incidents that I'll describe, thoughts about them
have surfaced lately, and I conclude that the Almighty is
reminding me that we truly do not "wage war against flesh
and blood."

When I was a young teen, our entire junior high school
was outside to witness a game of "flag football". There had
to have been hundreds of young at the exciting event. I
happened to be a few yards in front of scores of them during
play, when "wham!, I received a jarring slap to the right side of my
head over my ear. The suction effect of the slap staggered
me, and indignantly, I turned around to spot the perpetrator.
It was clearly done in plain sight of all, but the entire crowd
was looking out onto the field of play. I was incredulous that
no one, perpetrator or empathetic person, reacted to my
plight.

I stared ahead at the field, dazed by this experience, when "Wham!",
the same thing occurred with the same jarring force. By this time
I was livid and hurting. Whipping my head around was like watching
combat action in slow motion. Again, anyone with any sense would
have seen the brutal actions, but everyone was looking over or around
me.

Stupified, I slowly retreated across the field to the school and sat in
in the gymnasium bleachers, wondering what happened. I was not
a follower of Christ at the time, but it dawned on me then and there
that there are forces in this life, evil ones, beyond our ability to
understand but which must be resisted. My only recourse was to
develop a further thick skin about goings on around me. I was
and am easy-going by nature. All this happened. Beyond a doubt.

 

[BobRyan]

In Job chapter 1 there is a meeting in a heavenly realm where all the sons of God (those that are directly created by God (like Adam for example) and responsible for a planet) meet ...Satan comes among them.

God asks Satan for the realm he is representing and Satan says it is Earth (since Adam had already fallen and was dead by then). 2 Cor 4:4 calls Satan "the god of this world". God challenges Satan by declaring that there is someone in Satan's realm of Earth - who serves God, not Satan.

Satan complains that God has put a hedge around Job and that Satan's army can't get access to him.

That is very instructive my friend. We need to stay under the shelter of the Almighty. This world is not "safe" apart from Christ.