Becoming A Vessel Of Honor Rebecca Brown

94 DIRECT PHYSICAL DAMAGE

The most common wound in this category occurs in what seems to be an accident, but is actually caused by a demon. Let me give you an example. A couple of years ago I was rushing to get ready to go to a wedding. I finished ironing my dress and leaned over to pull the plug of the iron out of the wall. Suddenly my arm was caught and held against the iron. My natural reflex was not enough to pull my arm away from the hot iron. I had to use my other hand to do so. Naturally, I received a deep burn on the side of my left arm as a result. Because my natural reflex was not sufficient to pull my arm away from the hot iron, I should have immediately realized that the wound was demonic in addition to the physical burn. It was more than just an accident. However, I was in a terrible hurry, and the demons did their best to block my mind from recognizing that they were involved in the wound. I hastily placed a dressing over the burn and rushed off to the wedding. I had a speaking engagement that evening and again the next day. My arm was extremely painful, but I did not stop to think about it long enough to recognize the demonic component of the injury. Finally, two days later when I had a chance to slow down, I started thinking about the burn. I had applied aloe vera which normally always relieves the pain of a burn. In my case, it increased the pain! So did every other ointment I tried. Also, I noticed that the area of the burn was getting bigger and was, by then, so painful I could hardly stand it. This is not normal for a second degree burn. The pain should have started to lessen by the third day in the case of normal healing. But, this wasn’t a normal burn. As I looked at the burn and began to pray about it, the Holy Spirit brought back to my mind the circumstances of the "acci

Chapter 6 Demonic Wounds