Dustoff …“That Others May Live”
Introduction
In my last post I suggested that when a hypersensitive Christian is asked for direct “hands on” assistance with disturbing paranormal activity, that this is akin to a spiritual combat medic in-country, operating “in the field”. As such, your special operations mission, purpose, goals and directives will be vastly different from ghost hunters, other paranormal teams and New Age/Occult practitioners.
A spiritual combat medic in the field will be dealing with the spiritually injured and dead in an environment that is to some degree filled with spiritual darkness of one kind or another. When “inserted”, the person’s gift of hypersensitivity to the paranormal, in combination with the guidance and protection of the Holy Spirit, will bring Light and illumination into this spiritual darkness in an environment that is potentially hostile and non-permissive to the Light of Christ.
While most traditional rescue missions involve evasion, this mission may also entail enemy search and destroy activity. However, the main objective for the spiritual combat medic in the field is to first provide the spiritual emergency “treatment” needed to stabilize the injured and, if need be, evacuate them from further spiritual harm by the enemy, whether that be from a human spirit or the demonic. The mission is about saving spiritual life and expanding the Kingdom. It may also involve dealing with spiritual, psychological and perhaps even physical trauma.
Field Encounters with Spiritual Injury and Illness of the Heart
There are always reasons for the occurrence of disturbing paranormal phenomenon, most of which are obvious to those that know how to diagnose them. There are also however more subtle reasons for such activity that are centered within the person or persons asking for help. Many of the posts on this blog have addressed most of the obvious reasons. In this post I wish to explore the less obvious but no less important reasons.
The first one has to do with ignorance, or more accurately, initial contentment or acceptance of darkness in the person’s life. By ignorance, I do not mean a lack of the right kind of information or knowledge as this is easily obtainable. What I am talking about here is experiential ignorance of God. The person does not ‘know’ God, has not communed with the Triune God, and has little or no experience of the actual presence of God. In other words, there is no living relationship with the Triune God. When a person gets even a glimpse of God’s presence, then they quickly become aware of the darkness living within themselves and their environment.
So, the first thing the spiritual combat medic must do in the field is establish the presence of God where they are in the field so that the person can experience this unmistakably. This actually starts before the spiritual medevac team is even inserted. Before taking any direct action the spiritual combat medic team must pray as intercessors for the person(s) and the situation. This is done so that grace may precede them and prepare the ground. It must be “softened up” before insertion. This means the hypersensitive must already be in communion with the Triune God and familiar with the ways of Spirit. In other words, God’s presence precedes any action in the field as well as accompanying the spiritual combat medic into the field.
The second injury or illness of the heart to be aware of in the field is forgetfulness. Ideally, the spiritual heart remains attached to God, lives in God, functions in God and is joyous with the presence of God while the mind is absorbed in activity. However, the spiritual combat medic may find in the field that the experience of disturbing paranormal phenomena has so affected and traumatized the person that their spiritual heart does not remember God and has forgotten how to be in a prayerful state. The door to their spiritual heart has become closed or blocked to the grace of the Holy Spirit. This disrupts an ongoing relationship with the Spirit from continuing or prevents one from being established. There is no uninterrupted memory of God and living relationship with the Spirit that can engage the suffering being experienced due to the disturbing activity. The person has become spiritually ungrounded, which increases the likelihood that they will experience increasing levels of torment, oppression, confusion and fear.
The spiritual combat medic in the field must take charge of the situation and minister to the spiritually, and often, psychologically traumatized individual or family. Suffering must be acknowledged, torment and oppression diminished, and confusion and fear removed. The spiritual combat medic must spiritually stabilize the person or family and remove the chaos in the field. This is done primarily by establishing or re-establishing the presence of the Triune God, removing or diminishing the influence of the enemy and connecting or reconnecting with the Holy Spirit.
The third illness or injury to the spiritual heart when faced with disturbing paranormal phenomena is spiritual blindness and contamination. This occurs when the spiritual heart becomes traumatized or is spiritually dead to begin with. When spiritual trauma and spiritual death are present, the spiritual heart can become hardened. Denial, rationalization, minimization and projective identification are rampant.
When the spiritual heart suffers from hardness it becomes incapable of distinguishing between good and evil. This is an issue involving a lack of spiritual discernment. Along with this is the inability to recognize the presence of God in the midst of the paranormal disturbance. The person is essentially spiritually blind. There no longer is any useful recognition that all reality is permeated by God; even the darkness of disturbing paranormal activity. Spiritual blindness opens the way to contamination of the heart as it becomes accustomed to the establishment of a demonic or negative spiritual stronghold, both within the person and in the environment.
This injury/illness is very difficult for the spiritual combat medic to address in the field. The grace and mercy of the Holy Spirit must take the lead here through active prayer and a powerful movement of the Spirit. Resistance is usually high, requiring emergency spiritual surgery of the heart to occur in the field. The medic must rely totally on the Spirit and follow His lead.
Conclusion
In this post I have endeavored to give at least an overview of how a hypersensitive Christian may act as a spiritual combat medic in the field. If there is enough interest in this topic I will, in the future, develop a mission-craft and field-craft handbook for the spiritual combat medic in the field.
Got a problem with the paranormal or have a question you would like one of our authors to discuss? Fill out a Confidential Help Request Form and we will get back to you as soon as we can. If you would like to discuss this topic go to the Discussion Forum by clicking on the "Discussion Forum" link on the right side to this blog. If you have not made a commitment to Jesus and you would like to do so now, then click HERE to go to a page that will show you how to become a follower of Jesus Christ.
Introduction
In my last post I suggested that when a hypersensitive Christian is asked for direct “hands on” assistance with disturbing paranormal activity, that this is akin to a spiritual combat medic in-country, operating “in the field”. As such, your special operations mission, purpose, goals and directives will be vastly different from ghost hunters, other paranormal teams and New Age/Occult practitioners.
A spiritual combat medic in the field will be dealing with the spiritually injured and dead in an environment that is to some degree filled with spiritual darkness of one kind or another. When “inserted”, the person’s gift of hypersensitivity to the paranormal, in combination with the guidance and protection of the Holy Spirit, will bring Light and illumination into this spiritual darkness in an environment that is potentially hostile and non-permissive to the Light of Christ.
While most traditional rescue missions involve evasion, this mission may also entail enemy search and destroy activity. However, the main objective for the spiritual combat medic in the field is to first provide the spiritual emergency “treatment” needed to stabilize the injured and, if need be, evacuate them from further spiritual harm by the enemy, whether that be from a human spirit or the demonic. The mission is about saving spiritual life and expanding the Kingdom. It may also involve dealing with spiritual, psychological and perhaps even physical trauma.
Field Encounters with Spiritual Injury and Illness of the Heart
There are always reasons for the occurrence of disturbing paranormal phenomenon, most of which are obvious to those that know how to diagnose them. There are also however more subtle reasons for such activity that are centered within the person or persons asking for help. Many of the posts on this blog have addressed most of the obvious reasons. In this post I wish to explore the less obvious but no less important reasons.
The first one has to do with ignorance, or more accurately, initial contentment or acceptance of darkness in the person’s life. By ignorance, I do not mean a lack of the right kind of information or knowledge as this is easily obtainable. What I am talking about here is experiential ignorance of God. The person does not ‘know’ God, has not communed with the Triune God, and has little or no experience of the actual presence of God. In other words, there is no living relationship with the Triune God. When a person gets even a glimpse of God’s presence, then they quickly become aware of the darkness living within themselves and their environment.
So, the first thing the spiritual combat medic must do in the field is establish the presence of God where they are in the field so that the person can experience this unmistakably. This actually starts before the spiritual medevac team is even inserted. Before taking any direct action the spiritual combat medic team must pray as intercessors for the person(s) and the situation. This is done so that grace may precede them and prepare the ground. It must be “softened up” before insertion. This means the hypersensitive must already be in communion with the Triune God and familiar with the ways of Spirit. In other words, God’s presence precedes any action in the field as well as accompanying the spiritual combat medic into the field.
The second injury or illness of the heart to be aware of in the field is forgetfulness. Ideally, the spiritual heart remains attached to God, lives in God, functions in God and is joyous with the presence of God while the mind is absorbed in activity. However, the spiritual combat medic may find in the field that the experience of disturbing paranormal phenomena has so affected and traumatized the person that their spiritual heart does not remember God and has forgotten how to be in a prayerful state. The door to their spiritual heart has become closed or blocked to the grace of the Holy Spirit. This disrupts an ongoing relationship with the Spirit from continuing or prevents one from being established. There is no uninterrupted memory of God and living relationship with the Spirit that can engage the suffering being experienced due to the disturbing activity. The person has become spiritually ungrounded, which increases the likelihood that they will experience increasing levels of torment, oppression, confusion and fear.
The spiritual combat medic in the field must take charge of the situation and minister to the spiritually, and often, psychologically traumatized individual or family. Suffering must be acknowledged, torment and oppression diminished, and confusion and fear removed. The spiritual combat medic must spiritually stabilize the person or family and remove the chaos in the field. This is done primarily by establishing or re-establishing the presence of the Triune God, removing or diminishing the influence of the enemy and connecting or reconnecting with the Holy Spirit.
The third illness or injury to the spiritual heart when faced with disturbing paranormal phenomena is spiritual blindness and contamination. This occurs when the spiritual heart becomes traumatized or is spiritually dead to begin with. When spiritual trauma and spiritual death are present, the spiritual heart can become hardened. Denial, rationalization, minimization and projective identification are rampant.
When the spiritual heart suffers from hardness it becomes incapable of distinguishing between good and evil. This is an issue involving a lack of spiritual discernment. Along with this is the inability to recognize the presence of God in the midst of the paranormal disturbance. The person is essentially spiritually blind. There no longer is any useful recognition that all reality is permeated by God; even the darkness of disturbing paranormal activity. Spiritual blindness opens the way to contamination of the heart as it becomes accustomed to the establishment of a demonic or negative spiritual stronghold, both within the person and in the environment.
This injury/illness is very difficult for the spiritual combat medic to address in the field. The grace and mercy of the Holy Spirit must take the lead here through active prayer and a powerful movement of the Spirit. Resistance is usually high, requiring emergency spiritual surgery of the heart to occur in the field. The medic must rely totally on the Spirit and follow His lead.
Conclusion
In this post I have endeavored to give at least an overview of how a hypersensitive Christian may act as a spiritual combat medic in the field. If there is enough interest in this topic I will, in the future, develop a mission-craft and field-craft handbook for the spiritual combat medic in the field.
Got a problem with the paranormal or have a question you would like one of our authors to discuss? Fill out a Confidential Help Request Form and we will get back to you as soon as we can. If you would like to discuss this topic go to the Discussion Forum by clicking on the "Discussion Forum" link on the right side to this blog. If you have not made a commitment to Jesus and you would like to do so now, then click HERE to go to a page that will show you how to become a follower of Jesus Christ.
