COUNTER STRATEGIES FOR VOIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE PART 4
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INTRODUCTION:
The whole aim of psychological warfare is to produce actions in you that will frustrate your dreams. It is to cause you to take actions that are detrimental to your progress. As a Christian you need wisdom to be able to discern and overcome the enemy when he brings any form of propaganda to your doorstep. The book of Proverbs is an ancient school that cures naivety and prescribes the right dose of wisdom for the undiscerning and unexperienced in heart. If you desire to be wise in all matters of life you and your family should read and digest the content of a chapter in Proverbs per day. You will be able to cover the whole book of proverbs in a month.
1. LET YOUR CONDUCT BE WORTHY OF THE GOSPEL
As a Christian, you should refuse to misbehave in spite of any propaganda of the enemy that you can ever face. You should strive to live a life that is worthy of commendation from the Lord and be on guard at all times. In the face of opposition, do not cast away your restraint and godly conduct. Just like Nehemiah and his team, you should maintain your piety, godliness in the face of intimidation and provocation of any and every 21st century Sanballat, Tobiah, Gershom and their cohorts!!!
2. GUARD YOUR HEART WITH ALL DILLIGENCE – Lk 6: 45, Neh 4:10
Pro 4:23 AMP Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, FOR OUT OF IT FLOW THE SPRINGS OF LIFE.
Lk 6: 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART HIS MOUTH SPEAKS.
There are treasures in the heart of man which can either be good or evil. It is so important such that the issues that govern life flow from our hearts. After a speech, corresponding actions will follow because that is the way humans have been wired to function.
Neh 4:10 Then Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is so much rubbish that we are not able to build the wall.”
11 And our adversaries said, “They will neither know nor see anything, till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease.”
12 So it was, when the Jews who dwelt near them came, that they told us ten times, “From whatever place you turn, they will be upon us.”
External pressure amplifies internal weakness guard your heart with all diligence:
While Nehemiah was winning and the objectives were being achieved, the wall was growing and 50% success has been achieved; yet Sanballat, Tobiah and their cohorts were also gaining ground in the heart of some men of Judah living at the border towns, who were already defeated and demobilized in their mind.
They said “we are not able” … and, they believed in their hearts that the adversaries will overrun them as a result of the pressure from their surroundings. They’ve taken in the pressure from the environment, digested it and it has produced a negative corresponding action in their minds. The bitter words (through the tongue) they digested were arrows that penetrated their hearts which frightened, demoralized and intimidated them ten times in their hearts.
Power of The Tongue
- The psalmist, king David described the tongue in psalm 64:1-4 as a sword. With bitter words the enemy can cut down your strength, cut down your ego (low self-esteem) and diminishes you to demoralize you.
- The tongue is also likened to a bow and with it the enemy shoots his arrows which are bitter and cruel words which the enemy uses to suck away your courage and paralyzes you. The poison enters into the blood stream via cruel words and spread fast like poison while shutting down the functional part of the body in seconds.
ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN – AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A FAMILY
- Take heed WHAT you Hear: Mk 4:21-25
21 Also He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand?
22 For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light.
23 IF ANYONE HAS EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR.”
24 Then He said to them, “TAKE HEED WHAT YOU HEAR. WITH THE SAME MEASURE YOU USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED TO YOU; AND TO YOU WHO HEAR, MORE WILL BE GIVEN.
What you hear determines the measure of your life. It determines the quantity of grace, blessings, increase or condemnation, curses, intimidation, demoralization e.t.c. The difference is the source but the principle is the same.
- Take heed HOW you Hear: Lk 8:16-18
This refers to the dimensions of the word and the various spiritual insights as applicable to different areas of life.
16 “No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light.
17 For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light.
18 THEREFORE TAKE HEED HOW YOU HEAR. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.”
How you hear determines the quality of your life. In Mk 4:26-29 There is an inevitable, and divinely intended, progression from hiddenness to revelation. The parable of the unnoticed growth of the seed leading in due time to a full harvest, and of the tiny mustard seed ultimately producing a plant of impressive dimensions, gives a thought of the paradox of the hidden, unrecognized status of God’s kingship, as compared with its future consummation, when that which is hidden will be uncovered, and people will be able to ‘see that the kingdom of God has come with power. All that is considered a secret now will in due time be revealed and there will still be those who fail to benefit from divine revelation.
Man does not physically see the very moment of growth but that does not imply that growth is not taking place. When the enemy sows a seed in form of words into the life of someone, it grows and the result will be seen in due time. There is no control of how it grows, that is why it is important to install filters in our ear gate for the word that goes into our mind.
WHY MUST I TAKE HEED WHAT I HEAR AND HOW I HEAR?
- Words are powerful, like a seed they have life in themselves and would grow anyhow, anyways.
- Words are spirit and they are living and cannot be killed – John 6:63.
- Whether words bring life or death depends on the spirit of or the spirit behind the source.
- Your heart like the earth or soil has power to reproduce whatever is sown in it – life or death will be reproduced in geometric proportion by the heart just as the earth yields soil. If you allow the enemy to sow an evil seed in your heart, it will give birth to millions of demoralizing seeds that will sap the energy off your body.
- The soil can be your marital life, or your business life or your academic life, or your career life – whatever the nature of the soil the right application of the right word will yield a great harvest there from – Mk 4:28
These are the reasons why you must guard your heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues that govern life. You have the power to determine what comes into your heart but you have no control of how it grows or germinate. Install the necessary filters to sieve out the junks and spam of life from your heart.
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- ALWAYS SEEK THE TRUTH, AND HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION TO DISLODGE THE FALSEHOOD AND LIES OF THE ENEMY
Sanballat sent his servant five times over the same issue in Neh 6:5-9. He employed the use of grey/black propaganda (rumours) and other possible means to achieve his aims. That was done with the intent to force him to back-off, make them afraid, demoralize them, intimidate them, weaken their hands and frustrate the work to a halt. How many times have you tried to do something and you failed? The enemy understands the principle of persistence and keeps trying in his endeavours and never gives up unlike believers who try once and throw in the towel, he tried five times!!
Beware of false prophets and familiar spirits that monitor you and try to imitate the Spirit of God to cause you to fall a victim of his propaganda tricks. The magicians of Egypt also had false powers that turned their rods to serpent and imitated other wonderful works of God. You should seek the truth at all times and depend on the leading and guidance of the Spirit of God. Do not be in a hurry going nowhere and be searching for miracles and sharp-sharp powers that will only destroy you in the long run. Trust God and trust the process He is taking you through.
Ps 119: 97 105, 107 – Let the true word of God be a lamp to your feet and a light to your path. Only the word of God can give you the wisdom to be wiser than the enemy. Let the word of God be your potent tool to godly wisdom, insight and instruction to comprehend the words of understanding. Wisdom is required to penetrate the heart of seasoned men and women.
Pro 1:1-4 – Don’t be naïve or allow yourself to be misled or easily deceived. Trust God and ask for the spirit of discernment in order to stand the wiles of the enemy.
To be continued …….