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Are We Acting Like Demons in Relationships?
In Our Relationships, Are We Acting Like a Hound from Hell?
Before the demon left the body, it threw the poor, possessed, man into convulsions and then it screamed as it left (Mark 1:26).
Why? Is this the pain the man must suffer upon healing? If so, this is contrary to other non-demonic healings and cleansings. The absence of such details being listed suggests the absent of such details being present. Healings brought immediate relief, even the ability to immediately get out of bed to serve Jesus (Mark 1:31).
Again I ask, why the pain and suffering from demonic healing? Since the demon had no power over Jesus to resist, it can’t be it is fighting against the dispossession. Excluding that impossibility leaves another possible thought.
The nature of the demon is to hurt, not for the sake of awakening to repentance, but for the sake of pain. Whether we want to conclude the demon itself is in pain, or fearful of its own future, or it enjoys inflicting pain, all flows towards the application I want to make.
Like Jesus did with the demon, life is filled with being required or forced to do what we don’t prefer. When imposed against our will, whether for a good deed, to work late, to break off the relationship, to fulfill a promise, or whatever; what do we decide when realizing we have no choice? Do we intentionally act with evil intent and devious pleasure, to get back at them? Familiar phrases demonstrate how common this is:
• We decide, “I will make them pay”.
• We employ, “a scorched earth policy”.
• We don’t care if we “burn bridges”, all in the name of “sweet revenge”.
Before this happens; or if necessary, even afterwards:
• Remember the demon who tortured someone over whom he had lost control.
• Remember how the demon decided to act like a spoiled brat and scream about it on his way out.
Hurt people, hurt people. Healed people, heal people. Fearful people create fear. Forgiven people forgive hurts and fears and therefore help heal themselves and others through Jesus. Do we want to be like Jesus striving to help and heal? Or are we reacting and yelling like a hound of hell?
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