SANCTIFIED SANITY

Frustrations...pressures...problems...one thing after another! It’s no wonder WE hear people saying, “I think I’m losing my mind” during a hectic day. If you’re in a turmoil , feeling as if you’re losing control...don’t feel alone. Many share the occasional fear that they just aren’t in control of themselves as they should be. This is not God’s intention for our life. When pressures and stresses crowd in on us, and we feel ourselve slipping into the enemy’s trap of fearing for our sanity...STOP! As a Christian, we have a great advantage over those in the world who have to rely on their minds and their own strength of control to combat fear, but we have Jesus living in us! Paul expressed it for us beautifully in his letter to Timothy: 7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (II Timothy 1:7kjv). Instead of allowing ourselves to fall into the enemy’s trap, recognize that Satan is the source of the problem and cast him out. Actually tell Satan, in the Name of Jesus, to take his hands off in our circumstances and go. (You must be a born-again Christian to do this.) Rebuke means to tell Satan, “Stop, you have gone far enough!” The Lord has given us the power to use His authority for just this purpose. Satan must flee in the Name of Jesus. After rebuking the enemy, claim God’s peace by quoting the Word of God, until you believe it for your circumstance and can relax...free from that fear which would threaten our very sanity...