Pain, it is something everyone has endured. Pain unhealed manifests in a myriad of ways, but it does manifest. Unhealed pain can be seen in self-protection, addiction, anger, fear or even suspicion. Pain has a way of eroding our ability to trust people, which causes us to operate in a way that is not our original design. No wonder the enemy hits us as kids when we are defenseless and then just reinforces it throughout our lives in order to establish the pain inside of us.

In this day and in this hour, we must be still and know that He is God. Psalm 46 speaks of storms, struggles, situations that cause unrest in the earth realm and in the midst of it all, the psalmist declares in verse 10 “Be still and know that I am God.” God is a strong tower, a refuge, He is the prince of peace, He is unmovable, unshakeable, unstoppable in what He is doing in the earth with all of HIs children. Both those who have accepted His invitation to salvation and those who have not yet.

One of the things we need to discern in this hour, as we deal with people who are in pain, in ways we do not even understand, but see the manifestation of, is the need to validate their feelings, but cast out the spirit. People who are afraid have many reasons for feeling fearful, if we do not validate their feelings we actually invalidate them. They need to know we see they are afraid, but we must not validate the spirit of fear that is trying to attach itself to them. 2 Timothy 1:7 says, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” Fear is a feeling and it is a spirit knowing which you are dealing with is critical. Cast out the spirit but validate the feeling.

Anger is similar to fear, people will get angry about injustices they see and hear, situations they encounter, experiences they have. We need to validate the feeling of anger, but when we are dealing with a spirit of anger, we cast it out and make no room for it. God is cleaning houses, White houses and churches houses, our houses and others houses. Fear and anger are going to be seen and heard, because they are valid emotions but we must not tolerate them as spirits even as we validate them as feelings. #toolsforthecomingdays #lessonslearnedrecently #loveistheprinciplething