TEST THE SPIRIT āļøš
Because not everything that feels good is GOD. Sis⦠let me tell you something I learned the hard way. There was a season where I kept saying: āGod, I just want peace.ā āI just want people around me that feel safe.ā āI just want to stop being stressed out.ā So when somebody came into my life and it felt easy⦠I thought it was God. They were sweet. They were consistent at first. They knew what to say. They even had scripture in their mouth. And baby⦠they smiled so hard, I thought they were sent. But looking back⦠that smile wasnāt love. It was access. Because the truth is⦠some spirits donāt show up with horns. They show up with compliments. They show up with āIām proud of you.ā They show up with āI support you.ā They show up with āGod told me to connect with you.ā And I fell for it because I was in a vulnerable place. I was tired. I was healing. I was trying to build. I was trying to trust again. So I let them in. Not just into my space⦠I let them in my mind. I started sharing my goals. My plans. My next moves. My prayers. My weak spots. And thatās when the shift happened. At first⦠they were cheering. Then suddenly⦠they started questioning everything. Little slick comments like: āDo you really think thatās gonna work?ā āEverybody doing that⦠you not the only one.ā āYou doing too much.ā āYou too spiritual.ā āYou too emotional.ā And I couldnāt figure out why I felt so heavy after talking to them. Because nothing they said was technically rude⦠But every conversation left me feeling: - drained - confused - second guessing myself - smaller than I was before Thatās when God checked me. Not with a loud voice. With a feeling I couldnāt ignore. That quiet discomfort that whispers: āSomething aināt right.ā And I tried to brush it off because they were ānice.ā But nice doesnāt mean safe. And then I remembered what the Bible says: š āBeloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spiritsā¦ā ā 1 John 4:1 Meaning⦠Stop letting āgood vibesā be your only confirmation.