When Under Spiritual Attack: Shaking Off Fear and Turning Back to God

The author describes a moment that many readers may recognize: a sudden sense of being “off,” with heaviness, confusion, and a feeling that God feels distant. She shares that one weekend she and her husband began arguing over nothing, with harsh words spoken that neither meant. Both of them recognized it as a spiritual attack because it seemed to come from nowhere, and when she talked with friends, they had felt something similar.

Drawing on 1 Peter 5:8, the author notes that believers should not be surprised by such struggles, since the enemy is described as prowling for someone to devour. She invites readers who feel overwhelmed, weak, or unsure to remember that they are not alone. To illustrate, she points to the apostle Paul, who faced trials, imprisonment, and shipwreck, and who was bitten by a snake while gathering wood on the island of Malta, an event she reads as a visible sign of an unseen spiritual attack.

The post’s central encouragement comes from Paul’s response: he shook the snake into the fire and was unharmed. The author suggests believers can do the same. Her first step is repentance, turning away from fear, unbelief, or sin. She stresses that anxiety, fear, stress, and heaviness are not meant to be a believer’s lot, though hard seasons still come.

The post closes with a prayer asking God for protection, direction, defense, and strength, and for the enemy’s schemes to stop. The author also includes a short bio describing herself as a mom of two toddlers whose desire is to help women live purposefully for the Lord.

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