A new venture for Christ was initiated by me and family
in March 2012 and as the work took root, there was immediate opposition from the
enemy. And this time it was bad. It started with a headache that I experienced
while at the clinic. By the end of the day it was severe and I took some
analgesics for the same and went to sleep with my head feeling heavy. When I woke
up the next morning, the ache had eased a bit but my neck was stiff and I had
excruciating pain on turning my head to the left side. It was terrible and I
took more analgesics. I checked my blood pressure and found it unusually high.
I was in a dilemma; was the high blood pressure causing the pain or was it the
other way around? I could not even wear my tie as the pain increased
immediately. We prayed as a family and also asked for prayer support from our
church members. I took some tablets for
the high blood pressure too. While in prayer, one of those days, the Holy
Spirit impressed upon me that this was an attack by evil spiritual forces
against the gospel work that I had initiated recently.
The neck pain and stiffness continued for a week. On our
day of worship, we as a family sat together and worshipped the Almighty instead
of attending Church. I spoke the Word from Mark 16, wherein we read of the women going early in the morning to Jesus’
tomb to anoint his body with spices. The thing that they were worried about
though was……"Who will
roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?" (Mark 16:3). But the miracle had already taken place. To their
amazement, they saw that the large stone was rolled away for them.
After worship, as I
relaxed, I noticed that the stiffness in my neck was no longer there. I could
move my neck freely. God had wrought a miracle. I praised God for his mercy and
compassion. That afternoon, we had to go out for lunch with a few friends.
After lunch, I felt a distressing pain on the right side of mid-back area. Now
what was this I thought? I had received deliverance just a couple of hours
back. “The enemy doesn’t give up easily”, was what the Lord brought to my mind
as I sat in prayer. As I pen this, I remember how Pharaoh and his men pursued
the Israelites, though the Israelites had found freedom from the Egyptians by
observing the Passover. God did a miracle then and the Israelites walked
through the Red sea to safety, while the pursuers were drowned. Here and now, I
rebuked the evil forces while in prayer and by the end of the day, I was free
from the back pain as well. God is good, all the time. I praise his holy name.
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