The Enemy Rarely Pushes—He Pulls
How Demonic Oppression Starts With Small Spiritual Compromises
Nobody wakes up and decides, “I think I’ll drift from God today.”
Spiritual drift is a lot slower and quieter than that.
You skip church once because you’re tired and then the prayers become shorter.
The Bible stays closed—and it’s not you being rebellious. More like…neglectful.
You know in a marriage when the wife asks you to do the dishes but you don’t? Yea, it’s kind of like that.
Over time, something in you changes.
The worship feels awkward.
Sermons feel uncomfortable.
And anything about God starts to irritate you instead of draw you in.
That’s where spiritual drift and demonic oppression often begin—with distance. The enemy rarely pushes. He pulls, little by little, until resistance feels normal.
You’re not suddenly far from God.
You’ve just been slowly moving away.
And the way back isn’t more effort or better discipline.
It’s confession and reconciliation—bringing hidden sin, unspoken bitterness, and quiet compromise into the light.
Because spiritual drift left unchecked doesn’t stay drift.
It becomes direction.
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The Lie of “I’m Fine”
Here’s what often shows up next.
You start convincing yourself church people are fake.
Prayer feels pointless.
Conviction feels annoying instead of helpful.
Isolation starts sounding like peace.
Unconfessed sin, unresolved bitterness, and broken relationships create just enough space for darkness to settle in. And the longer it stays hidden, the more normal it feels.
You don’t feel attacked.
You feel numb.
And numbness is one of the enemy’s favorite tools.
Why Confession Changes Everything
Here’s the part most people avoid.
When prayer annoys you, it’s often because something needs to be confessed.
If church feels unbearable, reconciliation is usually overdue.
Confession isn’t about shame.
It’s about exposure.
Darkness can’t survive honesty. The moment you stop pretending and say, “Lord, here’s what I’ve been avoiding,” something shifts. It’s not always instant like your coffee. But, Its slow and steady. Rooted.
Eventually the fog will start thinning and the weight will ease.
The irritation will lose its grip.
Confession isn’t mean to be shameful. This is you getting right with God and walking that Narrow Path again.
It’s spiritual warfare and you’re in the fight buddy. Willing or unwilling.
Reconciliation Is Spiritual Oxygen
Sometimes the issue isn’t just between you and God.
Sometimes it’s a broken relationship.
Reconciliation doesn’t always mean full restoration. But it does mean obedience. And obedience clears the air in ways nothing else can.
You don’t fight oppression by trying harder.
You fight it by bringing things into the light.
If This Feels Uncomfortably Familiar
If God has been annoying you lately, don’t ignore that.
Lean in.
That irritation might not be rejection.
It might be conviction tapping you on the shoulder.
And, Him trying to bring you back before drift becomes direction.
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Call to Repentance
If you’ve been trying to earn your way into heaven, it’s time to stop striving and start surrendering. Today can be the day everything changes.
The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 6:2, “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”
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This resonates—the way drift rarely begins with rebellion, but with fatigue and quiet distance. That feels deeply true.
I find myself hearing an older echo beneath it though. In the garden, God doesn’t arrive with a fix or a warning. He asks a question: “Where are you?” Not to diagnose, but to be with.
I wonder if what we often call drift is less a problem to solve and more a place God is already standing, inviting honesty rather than effort.
What if the way back begins not with fixing, but with answering that question?