(Classic Post) Avoiding the Mentality of a Victim
(This is a post from over a year ago when my family first came to California right on the heals of have everything we owned stolen in our Uhaul. The spiritual warfare has only gotten more intense and today I needed to hear this more than anyone.)
What my family and I have been through in the last couple of weeks has been certainly crushing and overwhelming. The affect it has had on us, both positive and negative, will probably stay with us in some sense for the rest of our lives. And I think it would be very easy to let this event define us as victims. That there is a temptation to hold on this great hurt just because of the attention, grace and fellowship we are receiving because of it. And don’t get me wrong, we need as much of that as we can get - but we can not, must not stay there.
We must pursue growing in our faith through this great wound into the character and people that God is calling us to be. To stay a victim is to not only give in to being a leech on the body of Christ, it is to deny and show a lack of trust in God’s power in your situation.
Plus, a victim mentality is one that accepts a helplessness, a powerlessness. Whereas, in our situation we have definitely needed help, but God has provided. And while we don’t know the person who stole our Uhaul, we know who was behind it. The attacks from satan have been obvious as we have made this jump to trust in God and follow his lead out to Southern California. Never in my life have the attacks from satan ever been so vivid and obvious, but I am not powerless against him. God is on my side, his is my heavenly father and my protector and my savior.
There are no victims in a war, but there are certainly deep wounds. Our family has been deeply wounded, and continues to feel the heat of war on the doorstep. And that directly correlates to the sense Mandy and I have had that God is up to something big in our lives.
So, as we continue to push on into this big hairy adventure God has us on, please pray for our protection. Pray for our faith and time in the Word. Pray for our little babies. Pray for our marriage. And pray that most of all, we will be able to bring glory to God through this. We have said from the beginning that if “this” is going to work it is going to have to be because God showed up and made it happen. If that isn’t obvious at this point, then as he continues to move it will be.
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