Monkey, Mutton, or Pig?

“Spiritual warfare is very real. There is a furious, fierce, and ferocious battle raging in the realm of the spirit between the forces of God and the forces of evil. Warfare happens every day, all the time. Whether you believe it or not, you are in a battlefield. You are in warfare.”
― Pedro Okoro - Crushing the Devil

     Have you ever watched a documentary on monkeys? They have their little ones clinging to them at all times and they go through life like they are totally unaware they have a monkey on their back. Some species even mate with the babies attached, chewing on a little bamboo or whatever that is they are chewing on.  They climb trees, eat and lounge around with this little creature clinging to them.  All I could think of while I watched was how many people walk around all day doing normal things with a demon attached to them.  If you have Jesus in your heart you cannot be possessed by a demon, but they can still cling on like no body's business. 
     I find it very difficult to be aware of these little creatures, when the carrier is not.  It's frustrating.  You can't just walk up to somebody and start casting stuff off them.  That would have freaked me out before I was aware.  I was blessed to be introduced to people who knew what they were doing and explained to me with patience and in detail what was going on. 
     After learning to cast spirits off of me I was more like one of those sheep in a mutton race.  They place little kids on sheep and they try to hold on while the sheep are racing around.  Most of the time the kid falls off.  The sheep recognizes something is wrong and this little demon doesn't belong on their back so they ditch them.  It's funny to watch a mutton race, but not so funny to watch one of God's sheep trying to outrun the demonic on their back. 
     What are we shooting for?  Sounds crazy but we all need to become like greased pigs.  Have you ever tried to catch a greased pig?  Try as you might to hang on, but it is nearly impossible.  The grease we should be using is forgiveness.  When we forgive ourselves and others it makes it nearly impossible for the enemy to hang on to us.  When he says, "I saw what he did to you."  We can respond with, "I have forgiven him."  What can the enemy do now?  Without being greased up in forgiveness he can grab a hold of us and throw us back into the pit of anger, hate, and victim. 
     I know it sounds kind of silly, but sometimes the Holy Spirit likes to lighten things up a bit.  He has to use animals and animation to get through to me.  In this case, bacon is good for us.  Dripping with grease bacon.  Now I am hungry.

“If you feel so overwhelmed, engulfed, and inundated by your problems and difficulties that you want to give up, stop and think. It may be the Enemy at work.”
― Pedro Okoro, Crushing the Devil: Your Guide to Spiritual Warfare and Victory in Christ