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Have you ever been mocked for your faith? If you have then you know how disarming it is, and how it stuns you. It is one of Satan's sharpest weapons against the faithful in Christ. It is meant to shame you into retreat. It does not stop there. The enemy goes onward crushing you down for days. Mocking is always empowered by evil spirits and sin within people.
The person who is mocked goes away wounded. It is really a thing of rejection. So it strikes at the core of the person. It is soul-wounding. It is meant to chase the believer off the battlefield and never to return. Once that believer is mocked the enemy then overtakes them further by attacking their minds.
Overwhelming them by replaying that cutting moment over again and again. Those spirits go on attacking the believer's mind telling them they blew it. That they should never try again. That they really are not valuable to the Lord. They believe those lies and retreat into the what they think are the "safe shadows."
The spirit of mocking is a demonic weapon also meant to shut up the believer. The believer feels as they are going around with a lead-weight coat of shame. They feel they have let the Lord down.
This is not the case. In fact, Jesus was mocked more than anyone. Even on His cross the mockers mocked with utmost cruelty and He took that upon Himself too for you and me. People in the first century had "trials of cruel mocking." The writer of Hebrews said, "the world was not worthy of them."
Do not fear if you are being mocked. The Light that is shining in you and out of you is upsetting the powers of darkness in the people around you. At the same time, God is "putting a difference between those who serve Him and those who do not." Stand tall, and do not fear that weapon of mockery.
Be valiant and strong for the Lord. It is a sign that Christ is very much alive in you. It is really Satan mocking "Christ in you," and you are feeling it. I pray the Lord give you "hinds feet to get up upon His high places," and that you stand in power and glory with Him now and in the world to come.
"When you are molested for your piety; when your religion brings the trial of cruel mockings upon you, then remember it is not your cross, It is Christ's Cross."
~Charles Spurgeon
