Frank
R Molver (11 May 2004)
"neatness demons, cluttered
mind"
Well neatness demons would only apply to a few,
but cluttered mind would be more common. A neatness demon would be one
that drives one to obsess with cleaning to the point of closing out communion
with the Holy Spirit. Can't go to church cause I have so much to do, everything
is such a mess. It causes distraction of the mind to avoid dealing with
situations that are causing us conflict and helps us keep them in the unresolved
categories. When we have a problem with a neatness demon you can
be sure we have a cluttered mind, one that can not concentrate on one thing
for very long and that continually switches subjects. It is a spirit that
robs us of fulfilling our desire to have close fellowship with God. Lets
face it, we Christians will have battles as long as we are in this flesh,
some more than others. We have to fight when we don't really want to. Laziness
overtakes us and we would rather clean then deal with pain or take authority
over a stronghold. That is why they call it a stronghold, pesky persistent
little critters that try to appear to us as giants.
So if you have the same problem don't be discouraged.
We confess then we believe for God's deliverance, because it is already
there, we just have to learn to trust in it. We have the victory over these
mental strongholds. They really are spirits. The Lord said my word is spirit
and we receive it in our spirit through our mind. That also means that
other spirits have access. When a thought contradicts the word, it is a
spirit that has a stronghold or is trying to establish a stronghold that
will take down your faith. If we can recognize that we can use God's word
against it. The more we do it the easier it becomes. We can take on critical
spirits also that isolate us from fellowship and prevent us from loving
our brothers. A critical spirit has pride as its master. The Holy Spirits
love is humble and does not strive for superiority over others. If our
thoughts belittle our thoughts are out of fellowship with the Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit, create in us a clean heart, give us victory
and wisdom over the things that rob us of fellowship.
Amen.
God bless
frank