I wish every morning consisted of the aroma of fresh brewed coffee with hints of cinnamon and the calm stillness of the sunrise peeking through the trees. Fuzzy socks and the sound of my Bible pages turning at a slower pace, nudging me to linger a bit longer on that last verse highlighted just for me. But I start most days in organized chaos with a ‘good morning, Lord’ followed by warfare prayers before my feet hit the ground. It’s a necessary battle plan because I know the enemy will be relentless until the day I die trying to distract, derail, and demolish the plans Yahweh has for me.
I don’t have the luxury of assuming it will be a good day or that maybe those sending witchcraft my way overslept today. My life requires purposeful living, a daily checking in with myself to make sure I am as sealed up as I can possibly be and living from a place of victory. Because living from a place of knowing in Yeshua, the battle is already won makes me feel wrapped in every word of Psalm 91. It’s not just another chapter in the Bible for me; it is my life. It is life more abundantly. It is life outside the occult.
I stopped to buy dinner on the way home last night and the cashier asked what Psalm 91 means. I was surprised to be honest because my cash app card is neon yellow with only ‘Psalm 91’ written rather largely as the design, yet nobody has asked me what that means in the several years that I have had it. Some do comment that they love the card, but those who don’t know what it means, those who need to know the most, are never curious (or brave) enough to ask.
As I heard myself giving a quick unprepared answer of what it means to me, I felt my spirit stand at attention as if to say, “Oh! That’s my Abba.” I don’t know if the guy will be curious enough to go look it up now, but I hope it planted a seed. For me, listening to the conversation and rehearsing it in my mind afterwards felt like a warm hug. It was a good reminder that I really do live from a place of having a protector as my heavenly Father. Deep down I know that no matter what happens or how things look in the natural, He’s got me!
And He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved and overwhelmed with sorrow, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.” 35 After going a little farther, He fell to the ground [distressed by the weight of His spiritual burden] and began to pray that if it were possible [in the Father’s will], the hour [of suffering and death for the sins of mankind] might pass from Him. 36 He was saying, “Abba, Father! All things are possible for You; take this cup [of judgment] away from Me; but not what I will, but what You will.” Mark 14:34-36
Yeshua’s example of crying out, “Abba, Father!” when the weight of His burden felt unbearable is how I got through much of my healing. I cannot count the times that I have said, “let this cup pass from me, but not my will, but Your will be done.” It’s a weighty statement because it’s a surrendering that you will experience with all of your being, but it’s the safest place to be. It’s one of those things that for a long time I had to ‘do it afraid’, but I’m so glad I did it. It is the cost of freedom.
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading again to fear [of God’s judgment], but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons [the Spirit producing sonship] by which we [joyfully] cry, “Abba! Father!”
I never knew my dad growing up and I had major daddy wounds to overcome. It took me years to even be able to speak the word ‘daddy’ because I didn’t want to feel the hollow ache it produced. But today, I often chuckle at my parts who are so quick to say, “I’m telling my Abba!”. He knows all about when they are scared of the black helicopters, feeling sad, or mad that they didn’t get to wear hot pink to work or have ice cream for breakfast. It all started with becoming curious about what it would mean for me if I dared expand my view of Yahweh as judge and allowed myself to experience Him as my Abba, Father.
But when [in God’s plan] the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the [regulations of the] Law, 5 so that He might redeem and liberate those who were under the Law, that we [who believe] might be adopted as sons [as God’s children with all rights as fully grown members of a family]. 6 And because you [really] are [His] sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, [a]“Abba! Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave (bondservant), but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through [the gracious act of] God [through Christ]. Galatians 4:4-7
There is no better time than October for survivors to understand that the only way out of the occult is through Yeshua. Meditating on who Yahweh says we are and knowing His protection as Abba, Father adds so many layers of safety. Parts need to know that they do have a Father who loves them and it is not the lying satanic one that had them programmed to run to the antichrist when he comes on the scene. Yahweh is our safety; we can be hidden in Him. Now is the time to send that message to every part in your system. They deserve to know the truth and to know that they can change sides.
But Jesus said, “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 19:14