Hi all,
Today
I'll share the root to all emotional and mental disorders and what
Satan uses against us in the emotional and mental arenas of life.
No root
"And
in the same way that which is sown on stony ground are those who, when
they hear the Word rejoice and receive it with joy. But they have no root in themselves,
and so endure just for a time. When affliction (pressure of
circumstances) or persecution (opinions of others) arise for the Word's
sake, they stumble (offense) and fall away." Mark 4:13-20
Affliction, or the pressure of circumstances,
affects us all, but those having a root learn to stand against the
stresses, pressures, and fears of life. But for those having 'no root in
themselves' that pressure which comes to take the Word (Living Word)
from our lives, cripples them emotionally and their ability to function
and make wise decisions.
Persecution, which is the opinion of others
ranging from simple gossip to being killed because someone thinks being
a Christian is worthy of death, requires root in oneself to stand
strong. Most of the time we care what others think of us to a limited
degree, and when someone says something that hurts or they think we
should do X when we think to do Y, we deal with it and move on in life.
A
person with no root in themselves when dealing with 'persecution' will
turn inward and turn the opinions of others into hurt, self-criticism or
hate. Because they lack root another's opinion takes on greater weight
than it should - parents, friends, co-workers, family - and they
'stumble'. So what is that all-important root?
What is the root that should be in all of us?
"...that Christ may live in your hearts by faith, that you would be rooted and grounded in love (agape' - unconditional love),
and then you will be able to comprehend and know that which is beyond
knowing, the height and depth and breadth and length of the love of
Christ, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." Ephesians 3:14-20
Every
child, every teenager, every adult should be rooted and grounded in
unconditional love. That unconditional love is to come from parents
first, outward to family and friends, and to the church family -
everyone who goes to anything called 'church', whether celebrated in the
home as the apostles did it and so many do today, or in an auditorium,
the 'church' should communicate unconditional love to each person.
Paul
said IF a person is rooted and grounded in that unconditional love they
will be able to know and comprehend that which is beyond mere
intellectual knowledge - they will know in their 'knower' they are
unconditionally loved by the Father and the Lord Jesus and be filled
with God's fullness.
Security
That
security known in the depths of our being, vanquishes all fear, all
pressure of circumstances, places other's opinions as secondary and
subservient to the opinion of the Father and the Lord Jesus of us, who
love us so!
Being
rooted in love means someone can 'cut off' the whole plant of our life,
our work, our efforts, and maybe even kill the body, but they can't
touch the root. What they say may hurt to the point of death, but we
know we are loved unconditionally by the Father and Lord Jesus no matter
what man thinks of us. Knowing that is the source of a strength
stronger than circumstances or man's opinion.
This
is why Jesus said in the Parable of the Sower that a person not having
(that) root in themselves, stumbles, takes offense, falls away from His
work in their lives - if they don't know deep down that they are
unconditionally loved, they can't handle circumstances nor opinions of
others.
An example of rooting destroyed
Last
week I shared the story of a boy who by age 8 was in counseling for
'Conduct Disorder', and that he was a child of divorce. For whatever
reason, he received the bulk of his dad's anger.
He
was 7 when his dad left the family, and consistent with the pattern of
blame he felt at his dad's whippings, he immediately took the blame for
the divorce on himself. He suddenly believed and stated many times if he
wasn't around his mom and dad would still be together, if he wasn't
alive they would be together - in his mind it was all his fault.
His
dad, through severe anger directed towards him, had destroyed any
rooting in unconditional love that boy had, so that when the divorce
happened Satan had an easy time attacking him. Affliction and
persecution in this case were the divorce and consequences, and his
dad's opinion of his son - real or imagined.
Satan is all alone
Jesus
said in John 8:44 when Satan speaks a lie he speaks it all by himself.
Amos 3:3 asks, "Can two walk together unless they are in agreement?"
When we gather in prayer we do so because Jesus said when 2 or 3 are
gathered in His name He is there in their midst. The power of agreement
is key.
Satan
is on the outside looking in. Satan is alone looking for someone to
agree with him. We have Christ in us, the Father and the Lord and Holy
Spirit all 'for us' and in agreement with the Father's efforts in our
lives.
Satan
is by himself. He speaks things often like a shotgun blast, crazy
thoughts, not knowing if anything he fires at us will stick. But
sometimes he and his demons see an opening caused by lack of rooting and
grounding, and a simple lie spoken to a person is received and believed
by that person, and when that lie is believed by the person there is
agreement, and suddenly that lie becomes truth to that person.
When
that young boy received harsh punishment because his dad was angry at
life, and then his dad left the family, it was a small thing for Satan
to speak a lie and find agreement - "This is all your fault. If you
weren't around your mom and dad would still be together."
And
suddenly the lie once received by that person, became truth, and
therefore everyone else was wrong. That opened the door for larger
demonic influences and started the boy down the path of mental illness.
The truth
The
truth was that boy was unconditionally loved by his mom, siblings,
friends and neighbors, but once he believed the lie that it was his
fault he could not believe the truth. The fact of agreement is that a
person cannot believe both the lie and the truth at the same time.
Many
believers lack a root of unconditional love and so down deep inside
dislike or even hate themselves, yet they are in misery trying to
believe the Father loves them and can't ever seem to 'get there'. It is
because they are trying to believe and know the Father's love while
holding onto the lie(s) they've believed all their life.
A
person must 'un-believe' the lie before they can believe the truth.
That always involves revelation from the Father, and those first scary
steps at rejecting old thoughts which were taken for years as truth -
it's your fault, no one loves you, no one can be trusted - to believe
the truth of the Father's love instead.
It
is hard because years of life experience seem to confirm the lie which
has been taken as truth, but there is no life history to believe God's
love (though there is but can't be seen while holding onto the lie)...it
must be known down inside in your spirit where things are comprehended
that are beyond intellectual understanding.
If
a person lacks that root in unconditional love they cannot receive the
Father's love past head knowledge, they can't love others as they love
themselves because they don't love self...and a vicious cycle of failed
relationships and poor decisions happens - starting a journey down the
path of unhealthy emotional and mental turmoil that will continue until
they learn to reject and un-believe the lie(s) and receive the
revelation of the truth...
And we'll pick it up there next week.
Until then, blessings!
John Fenn
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