The Great Mouse Scare

“And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” Matthew 21:22 (NKJV) A friend of mine shared unexplainable things that were happening in her home. I immediately asked the question, “When you are awakened to noises, what do you do?” I was reminded of a similar thing happening to me when I was in Bible college. I moved off campus and rented a basement suite. My first night there, I heard banging in the boxes at the end of my bed. I thought it was a mouse that had got into a box and was trying to get out. I was frozen scared at first, but as it kept getting louder, I got out of there as fast as I could. I walked real fast to the women’s dorm and found my care leader, and I told her everything. We prayed together and asked God to remove the spirit attacking me and trying to frighten me. We prayed in Jesus Christ’s name, then peace and calm engulfed me. The next morning, I went to class early and told the professor. His response was, “Praise the Lord!” I thought, “Whaaat?” (I guess my look and thoughts of, “Are you crazy, that’s not a ‘praise’” was evident on my face.) Then he asked the question, “What did you do?” I told him and he said, “You went to God in prayer?” I replied, “Yes, I did! He said, “That’s all God wants us to do.” Later when I went back to my new place, I checked the boxes and there were no mice in any of the boxes (I’m sure that’s something you would check, too). When we get spiritually attacked in any way, let’s ask the question, “What am I going to do about this?” Am I going to continue to live in fear, or seek God for relief? — Shannon Menelaws-Laier   Council Fire is a collaboration with Intertribal Life Ministries and Native Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. The Council Fire Daily Devotional Book Set is available on the Intertribal Life Ministries website. Learn more about Council Fire at councilfire365.org