Why the idea that God would be holding my bodily health/youth hostage in any way —for any reason— is a trick of the enemy

10/18/22 5:15am

I just spent the past day+ having my mind gouged at via a relentlessly intense period of being weighed down by misplaced guilt & condemnation.

Using the suggestiveness of a hair-loss advert on YouTube, combined with suggestive thoughts of a tingling sensation in my scalp, I began to wonder if God was hinting at the idea that He would cause my hairline to recede in order to get me to commit to certain, less-than-desirable actions. And I'm not exaggerating when I say it was a more oppressive feeling of judgment and condemnation than I can recall ever experiencing before.

But THANK Father-God/Christ Almighty/Holy Spirit for clarity and understanding of His Word— for bringing me peace through scriptural revelation. Now allow me to share that peace with you...

Proverbs 17:10 KJV
“A reproof entereth more into a wise man Than an hundred stripes into a fool.”

Isaiah 54:9 KJV
“For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.”

Any decent man would sooner rebuke you than physically reprimand or punish you; as striking someone prior to warning them isn’t right. So, for God to promise never to be wroth with you, only to then turn around and punish you or degrade your physicality, would be out of order and unjust.

Furthermore, and very much related to my particular recent episode of warring against this condemnation, we can see that even way back in Job, Jesus —referenced here before He would later walk the earth as the Son of man— had shielded me from this very kind of torment:

Job 33:23-26 KJV
“If there be a messenger with him, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To shew unto man his uprightness:
24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: He shall return to the days of his youth:
26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: And he shall see his face with joy: For he will render unto man his righteousness.”

We are the righteousness of God in Christ— His righteousness IS our own.
And how much more shall God’s mercy (seen above in Isaiah 54:9) be applied to us now under the New Covenant, where Jesus has fully paid the price for the sins of humanity!

John 19:30 KJV
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”

Not only was God NOT holding my precious health & youth hostage for me to perform as the Law would exactingly dictate, but He ALSO had protection put in place (as early as Job 33!) to prevent that specific line of erroneous thinking, through the Devil’s clever weaponization of the Law!

Now, I not only understand with my mind, but also with my physicality, the WISDOM in the Father’s action of nailing ‘the handwriting of ordinances that were against us’ to the cross in Colossians 2:13-15; because without the Word giving me the permission to not be condemned/condemn myself, I would be tormented in my heart even now for my humanity. However…! (see below)

2 Corinthians 2:14 KJV

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.”

God will never even be angry enough with me to rebuke me, and I desperately needed to be reminded of that. Thank You, Jesus, for Your obedience to the Father in going to the cross… for ME!

Yes & amen

<3 ,
Kiwi

P.S - God is faithful! When He gives you something, He really gives it to you— it's yours. A testament to that fact is, Satan still has his power. Soon his day will come (Rev 12:12) but in the meantime, God didn't snatch back the power & authority that was given to him; because God is just and does things legally; and He remains faithful to His righteous ways.