This woman is manipulative, conniving, untrustworthy (she actually lies) and she badgers.
Why, O Lord, do I need to have the most unpleasant people in my life?
It seems if it’s not one, it’s another.
Willing subjects who want to rule me.
She wants me to bow to her and do what she commands.
Yet, she is not my boss.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written,
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. Luke 4:8
Satan knows what gets to us.
He knows what bugs us more than anything.
Mine is an inner turmoil.
I can be polite, but on the inside, I struggle.
I fail to love in the face of her control tactics.
I don’t quite hate her. I don’t wish her evil. I just wish she would stop badgering me.
She never seems to get it. It’s the way she operates.
She told me of her last job and her boss got so mad at her that she screamed at her and lost it.
I feel bad for her boss. Though I have not screamed and lost it, I can understand how her boss felt.
The spiritual battle is alive.
We do not war in the flesh.
We battle unseen enemies who influence those who dwell on the Earth.
The second we stop yielding to the Spirit, we can open ourselves up to the devices of the enemy.
We have to always watch and pray
and make sure we are in God’s good graces and not sinning in any way.
If we remain in Him, He will fight for us and we will see the enemy defeated.
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 2 Corinthians 10:4
People often think they need to war in the battle with their prayers and loud commands to the devil.
Maybe that can help, but I have found that as long as my hands are clean and my heart is pure,
the Lord Jesus fights for me and causes my enemies to leave me alone.
When a man’s ways please the Lord, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Proverbs 16:7
He prompts me to be obedient to His word which is my haven.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:6
If I fail to forgive, seek retribution, am passive-aggressive, wish unkindness or any other bad attribute,
then, from experience, I can tell you, God is not on my side. As long as I am pleasing the Lord,
He fights for me and puts my enemies in their place.
Abide in the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:2
By abiding in the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus, we can be set free from the Law of Sin and Death.