What’s Your Story?

You probably answer: Of course! I swept the floor and wiped it with water and disinfectant; I even dusted all the furniture, and everything is clean and smells very good. Let me congratulate you for that, but we are really talking about another type of cleaning. We are talking about the spiritual cleansing of both your house and the land where your house is located.

I remember when I did the spiritual cleansing of my apartment where I lived right after completing the deliverance process. I felt that my spiritual eyes had been opened and what had gone unnoticed before I could now see very clearly. I remember I had just arrived from a trip where I had bought many decorations for the apartment. I had visited several places with Chinese and Egyptian crafts that were my favorites at the time. Back then I did not know how terrible many of them are from the perspective of the spiritual realm. I had bought two dragons that looked like jade, each one about 10 inches high. These dragons were in a high place in the living room, so I was able to see them as soon as I opened the front door. Additionally, I was able to see them as I walked across the living room towards the more private rooms like our bedrooms. For several days after having completed the deliverance process, I felt the dragons’ eyes following me throughout the room; from the moment I opened the front door to well into the hallway that led to the bedrooms. I wanted to throw them away, but I kept thinking about how expensive they had been and that it would be a big waste to throw them out.

I had a similar feeling about some Egyptian jewelry I had bought. It was a precious set of earrings and a necklace—a replica of certain Egyptian’s dynasty with many colors and carved stones. Every time I put on those jewels, I felt different. I was afraid and distrustful of everything and everyone. Like with the dragons, I did not want to throw them away because they were beautiful and very expensive.

I knew I had to throw them away, but my flesh did not want to. So, as I do very often, I went to the Bible to find out what God says about this and about what I (and we) should do.

You probably wonder why I should get rid of those things? And the answer is simple: 

Because everything that does not glorify God brings darkness, death and defeat in our lives. 

A very clear example is in Genesis 35:19 with the untimely death of Rachel. Let’s look:

“So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem)”

Previously we see in Genesis 31:32-35 that Rachel lies to hide the idols that she had stolen from her father, Laban. Let’s see:

“‘With whomever you find your gods, do not let him live. In the presence of our brethren, identify what I have of yours and take it with you.’ For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them. And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the two maids’ tents, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent. Now Rachel had taken the household idols, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. And Laban searched all about the tent but did not find them. And she said to her father, ‘Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise before you, for the manner of women is with me.’ And he searched but did not find the household idols”

So, we see that Rachel’s disobedience resulted in her premature death.

It is very serious to have things in our possession that do not glorify God, worse yet, to possess things that He detests. 

If we want God’s protection over our lives we must destroy everything He does not approve of.

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