POSITIVE ENERGY OVERCOMES NEGATIVE ENERGY

 Positive Energy overcomes Negative Energy

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good Rom 12:21NIV

Every kind of battle has its own kind of weapons. Hence, the bible talks about the weapons of the world and the weapons of warfare for the saints. 

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 2 Cor 10:3-4NIV

Even though, we often quote this scripture in relation to spiritual warfare, not many people understand the right application of the text. Hence, they keep fighting losing spiritual battles. 

A lady reached me with eyes red from weeping. She narrated to me the kind of words someone used at her. The aggressor called her husband a poor and worthless man; she called her children never-do-wells and concluded that our sister and her “wretched husband” do not have what it would take to raise children in this expensive generation. Our heartbroken sister told me to pray so that the yoke of poverty would be broken from their life. She also wanted me to pray that her husband will have wisdom enough to make money like other men. She asked for prayers for herself and as I listened, she even got lost in her own thoughts.

My response shocked her and I noticed that the tears dried up immediately from her eyes, “So, you agree with the things the aggressor said about you and your family? I mean, do you believe that her assessment of your entire family is correct?”

She replied, “But do I need to agree with her? They are obvious. We are poor. My husband can barely dress neatly and with the present cost of things, how are we supposed to train our children, unless we have better sources of income?”

My response, “Unless you throw away the image that woman has created for you about your family, no amount of prayers can deliver your family from the things you fear”.

The look on her face showed how surprised she was to hear that.

My Sister, you just got struck with some enemy weapons. Whether that lady knew it or not, those words came from what was inside of her. Those words came from the devil. The bible said, 

The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him Matt 12:35NIV

Those negative words are stored up in her and she will release same on anyone else, not just you. Unless she cleanses herself from the evil stored up in her, she will use the same words at her husband and her children. The presence of such words will end up polluting her entire life. She will use the same kinds of words at business partners and colleagues in the office. They are stored up in her.

He went on: "What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean.' For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.'" Mark 7:20-23NIV

Another scripture has this to say,

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? James 4:1-2NIV

That woman that used such words at you is actually sick and needs deliverance from the negative energy in her life. Negative words and attitudes generate negative energy. The negative energy is operating from inside the person. This negative energy will not turn to positive when she meets her loved ones. Most people like that are oppressed with bad dreams which are the results of the evils stored up in them.

If you can read this and you are the kind of person that are loose at the kind of words you use at people; you are the kind of person that treat people like trash because you believe that you have come to the point where you will never have the need of someone else, I want you to give me your attention. Just take a careful look at your spouse and children. You will discover that you also treat them the same way that you treat outsiders. Even though you give them money that you would not give to outsiders, the spirit and mind-set of your giving is the same. If you don’t change your attitude, the acidic spirit in you will also burn them.  This acidic or caustic spirit is what I refer to as negative energy.

This negative energy will affect your children. Unless you cleanse yourself, you will later see all those negative things with which you cursed people in the life of your loved ones. I have heard people say something like, “You stupid and good for nothing child, after all the money I wasted on you, the children of that poor wretched woman is still better than you are”. I have been called to minister to the child of a very wealthy man who treats other people as trash. The boy is down with drugs addiction and the father is ashamed of letting outsiders know. His only daughter was not able to stay in a marriage and the rest of his children are just a reflection of the negative energy he threw at other people. This is because of the negative energy he released on his children. The sad thing is that he does not know that he was the cause of the children’s problem.

Back to our sister or whosoever is a victim of this kind of negative attitude; Like I said earlier, it is an attack and you need to know how to overcome or conquer the enemy who attacked you with such weapons. Our main text warns that we should be careful that we are not conquered or overcome by evil. Yes, that is the target of the devil and you need to be careful that they do not succeed.

We need to cast more light here. Within the context of our main text, to be overcome by evil means that, you begin to act like the negative person who molested you. When people are so treated they do one or more of the following;

They become depressed because they believe that they don’t deserve such treatment. This will mess up their day and affect other innocent people around them.

They hate the enemy back and return anger for anger. Whatever is the cause of the anger, anger is still anger. The bible says that it is only a fool that permits anger to linger in his heart. Eccl. 7:9

The anger in their spirit affect the wordings of their prayers; they are praying out of revenge and more often than not, they forget to mention their needs in prayers while calling down judgment on their enemies. Unfortunately, people believe that this is spiritual warfare.

They begin to pray for a time they too can become big and treat others the same way. I can tell you that God is not likely to grant their request. I have also seen people who began to treat people badly after God lifted them; it was not long and they fell back into poverty.

They begin to plan their life based on what they were told. So, if the aggressor said that they are poor, they begin to plan their life as poor people. If the aggressor said that their wife is ugly, they begin to call her in the same way. If the aggressor said that their children will never be great because they do not have the opportunities, they too begin to advise their children from that angle, resulting in their children living their life in defeat mentality.

In all of these ways, the poisonous arrows of the words of the enemy have achieved their end. Unless you change your attitude and understand that the devil’s opinion is not God’s opinion, your destiny will remain polluted, not because it is God’s will but because you agreed with your enemy.

This is what the bible said you should do,

In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one Eph 6:16NIV

How do we get this shield of faith?

Concentrate on generating positive energy. Here is the way to do it;

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord. On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."  Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Rom 12:14-21 NIV

This simply means that instead of permitting the negative energy to get control of you, start to generate a positive energy. It does not make you a weak person. Rather it makes you a purpose driven person. Many people spend their lifetime reacting and responding to external provocation, whether good or bad. By this, they neglect their own God given intuition. That means that they have never initiated anything by themselves. The enemy of their destiny capitalize on this by sending them distracting signals to confuse them further. You must resist this temptation henceforth.

I have also met people who, against all odds that was against them, were able to defeat their past and all the devil’s schemes; today they are celebrating the victory they got by obeying the instructions from the Holy Bible.

Wait a minute.  Did you read where it said that you will be heaping hot coals on the heads of your enemies? That doesn’t mean you have any part to play in this.  You are preoccupied in generating positive energy but the reports coming out of your home and life makes them more miserable. Remember they boasted that you will amount to nothing. They are angrier than before because the negative energy they generate is working right in their own life.  As they intensify efforts to hate you,  you are shielded by the positive energy you generate, so it only bounces back on them.  The only way they can have peace is through repentance and making peace with you. 

This is God’s strategy for your battle with those who hate and attack you with negative energy. 

I will like to hear from you.

Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com