Trauma Pt.2
What we see on the surface is usually deeper than it appears.
I’ve come to realize that the initial act—what we often refer to as personal trauma—opens a door. The enemy then quickly ushers the individual into a silence forged by shame. In that silence, stretched over years, it becomes easy to miss the reality that what we experienced wasn’t just a ‘me thing’; it was generational, even systemic.
What happened to you was not an isolated attack. It was either the result of a system already broken or the start of a system-wide assault. The enemy isn’t only after you—he targets systems rather than individuals, because by corrupting the system, he can destroy many at once.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 reminds us: “There is nothing new under the sun.” For so long, I made my pain solely about me. I cultivated a life of silence, vowing to take it all to the grave. But in doing so, I gave the enemy room to wreak havoc within my family line. His strategy is always to isolate us so that we fail to see—if it happened to you, it likely happened or is happening to others around you.
One act opened the door to a spirit whose intent was not only to repeat the initial act but to establish a cycle within a system. Silence gave that spirit permission to move freely, to lord over environments, destroying lives unchecked.
But today, as God has challenged me, I’m challenging you: end the cycle by breaking your silence.
Expose the act, and you expose the spirit. Bring it into the light, and it loses the power it once held in the shadows.
Two years ago, I wrote “Trauma.” This is part two. The first message spoke to the existence of pain; this one goes deeper—to the root. To the spirit behind the pain. To the spirit that has been wreaking havoc within families, communities, and systems for generations.
I know it’s frightening. I know silence feels safer. But we have an assignment from the Lord. If you’ve experienced trauma that has kept you silent for days, months, or even years as I once did—hear me clearly: it’s time to break your silence.
The cycle ends with you. The spirit loses its power by the blood of Jesus, and through your obedience to Him. And if you can’t do it for yourself, do it for the generations yet to come.
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