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I have to tell you the true story about the time God corrected me for something evil that I did towards Him (truly beat me like a Father correcting His child, making sure that I would never make the same stupid mistake again).
I learned how to pray and began getting frustrated, because it seemed like no matter what I prayed, God wouldn't answer my prayers. I was fuming, absolutely furious with Him. I remember I was standing in my bedroom and with great pride, great disrespect, and great disgust, I yelled at the top of my lungs while pointing up at the ceiling (with the intent of pointing directly at God with my imagination) and yelled at Him saying, "YOOOUR NAAAMME HAS NOOO POWERRR!!! (I was talking about the name 'Jesus'. When Christians pray, we pray and then end our prayers saying, "in the name of Jesus,' because when Lord Jesus was on earth, He said that whatever we ask in His name He will do it for us (John 14:13-14))
With such disgusting audacity, I told God that the name Jesus had no power. The name that the bible says is THE name above all names. And in that moment I felt good about it. I felt good about what I had said to Him with all of my being. Well my friend...... all was well for about two days. Everything was calm and quiet. But then there was a night I went to sleep......
And in the dream, I was standing in a room. It was the living room of my childhood home. But this was more than a dream, I truly felt like I was standing there in the living room. It was real. This was more than a dream, guys. And directly in front of me, standing about ten or more feet away from me was a "person" standing there. "It" was about 6 feet 4 inches (193.04cm) tall . And I can come to this conclusion, because my youngest brother is that height and I am a little over 5 feet 8 inches tall (172.72cm). This "person" looked like someone that I had worked with at the time, but I knew that it wasn't truly them. It looked like an evil version of my coworker, dressed in pitch black from head to toe, and very dark looking especially in the face (as in evil and sternly menacing). It had a hardened version of my coworker's face and I just knew somehow that no....no.... this was not my coworker at all, this was in fact a demon. I knew deep down that this was an evil spirit that had taken the form of my coworker in a way to try to trick me. But I was not afraid! I'm a child of God, I had been learning about spiritual warfare, and if anything... I liked the challenge. I knew that Lord Jesus was with me and would have my back, because I was a child of God. Right? ...Right?!
So I was like.. yeah... whatever... you're not scaring me. I know what you are. I'm a child of God and you should be more scared of me. And I decided to fake jump at the demon. Like how you pretend to jump at someone to startle them, so that they can flinch back all scared. Yeah, I did that and boy did I regret it. In a sudden flash, faster than my mind could even process its movements, its jaw dropped down wide like it dislocated, showing many sharp teeth, its eyes bulged so wide, and it ATTACKED me. I am being so honest when I'm about to tell you that it moved across the living room and tackled me faster than any person could even blink their eyes. It was originally standing ten or more feet away from me and then it was just suddenly on me in a literal flash. It rushed to me faster than any word that I can even choose to try and describe just how fast it actually moved. Its teeth landed and clung to the side of my neck, and it pinned me down on the couch behind me. The strength of this thing was so awful, so hopelessly heavy. I could not even wiggle or resist under it as it pinned me, and I could feel its jagged teeth against my bare skin. This was not just a simple dream at all, no, it was way too real. It was like I was awake. This had to be something spiritual. And although it attacked me, I could understand in the back of mind somehow that God was actually protecting me despite what was currently happening in that moment, because its teeth were somehow not allowed to actually pierce through my skin as they clung on. It was as if pinning me and suffocating me in helplessness was all it was allowed to do. And I was completely helpless, hopeless, and so afraid. And guys.. I passed out. Everything went black. It was like I passed out. I tried to move, couldn't, and then watched everything slowly fade to black as I panicked and realized how screwed I was.
After a moment, I woke up and the demon was still on me. Its teeth were still against my neck and it felt horrible. The side of the neck where the jugular is is such an extremely tender and cautious place, you know. And I still couldn't move, but then I heard a voice. It was not audible, but I could hear it somehow as if the voice was speaking directly into my spirit. I heard the voice and I instantly knew it was the voice of God somehow. And He said, "Use the name."
And instantly I knew what to do. I screamed at the top of my lungs at the demon, "GET OFF OF ME IN THE NAME OF JESUS!!!!!" And the demon went flying against the wall like a rag doll. And it was pinned against the wall with a painful grimace on its face, completely taken aback and incapacitated by the power of God through His name. The thing looked like it was completely drained of power. And suddenly, it began to get strength again and its eyes began to widen again... it was revving up to attack me. And I yelled again, "STAY AWAY FROM ME IN THE NAME OF JESUS!!!" And it was completely incapacitated again and powerless against the wall. Like someone had punched it in the stomach and it needed a breather.
But of course, sure enough, it began opening its mouth and it was ready to lunge to attack me again, and I had to yell again, "STOP, IN THE NAME OF JESUS!!!" Guys, this went on and on, again and again, and over and over. I can't even recall how many times I had to yell at it in the name of Jesus. I HAD to keep using the name of Jesus to keep the demon OFF OF ME. And then after a lengthy time, I finally woke up.
T H A N K G O D.
When I woke up from the dream, I was completely humbled and corrected by God. And I heard God remind me of a verse that I had read, He comforted me and said the words from Revelation 3:19...
Revelation 3:19 "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent."
And I was in such awe. God had just corrected me like a Father correcting their child. I felt so loved. Instead of leaving me in my pride, He made sure to show me that His name does in fact have power, because it was the only thing that could keep that demon from attacking me again. He made sure that I would never ever say those words to Him again or disrespect Him like that ever again. I don't even have the courage to even process a thought of such sorts after that encounter. He really does rebuke and chasten those that He loves. And God was kind enough to comfort me a second time after that traumatizing experience, He reminded me of Hebrews 12:6.
Hebrews 12:6 "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
This was a supernatural encounter and despite what happened to me and the shocking and severe way that it happened, I felt so loved, and cared for. I even did a little dance with a smile on my face. If your kid does something really bad, it is good to discipline them, so that they will not destroy themselves continuously doing stupid stuff later on in life. To let them know what is acceptable in life and what is not (Proverbs 13:24). God wants me to have faith and be patient waiting for my prayers to be answered. Not be disrespectful and evil, shouting blasphemies when I don't get what I want instantly when I want it. And he showed me that His name DOES in fact have EXTREME power. I could not push that demon off of me, couldn't even wiggle it was so heavy, but with just His name, that thing went FLYING. I mean FLYING like it was nothing. Jesus is the name above all names, yall! It is NOT a game!
And man, I'm telling you... it's so funny. I bet once I told God that nonsense yelling at Him in my room... I just imagine God was like......... Oh yeah little girl?
Hahahaahaha! Thank you Jesus!!
Philippians 2:9-11 "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Thanks for stopping by! I hope my blog post entertained you. It really is a true story that happened when I was in my early twenties. I'm hoping you'll drop by and visit my blog to read another story time in the future. God bless you! Jesus loves you! And I do too!
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