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Gas Lighting - Judges 9-12, my takeaway revelations, Part 2
In today's chapter reading, we see a couple of examples of "gas lighting". I was not able to address this topic in part one of my take away revelations from today's bible reading plan. However, it was too juicy to leave on the table. So, here goes.... there is a testimony at the end.
Gas lighting can come from enemies who are trying to use psychological warfare in an attempt to make you embrace their attack.
Gas lighting can also come from those who bring attacks but who are "supposed" to be your friends and allies. In today's reading, we have an example of each type of gas lighting along with an example in each case of accurately discerning what was occurring.
1) The first example comes from an enemy in Judges 11:12-27.
2) The second example in Judges 12:1-3, is what I would call friendly fire" because it comes from one with whom you are supposed to be in allegiance (a friend or co-worker).
3) There is also a third example of gas lighting in yesterday's reading in Judges 8:1-3 from "friendly fire".
TESTIMONY...
Several years ago, I had a court case and one of my key witnesses was a victim of gas lighting. She was a seasoned believer so I shared Judges 12:1-3 with her and explained that it was a scriptural picture of what she was experiencing.
Her job required her to investigate elder abuse and she had been assigned to a pending complaint. The individuals being investigated had the audacity to gas light her (try to make her feel guilty for doing her job) based upon the fact that she had some type of prior personal history with them even though it was a very slight prior personal history.
She was also experiencing a conflict of interest based upon the prior personal history with the individuals she was assigned to investigate - It would have been wise for her to ask her supervisor to reassign her based upon the potential for a conflict of interest - an investigator needs to be completely impartial and unbiased. This would have spared her this gas lighting situation.
I recall the day she called me to explain that one of the individuals, who was being investigated, had just called her and fussed her out. Despite the inappropriate behavior on the part of the individual being investigated, I could tell that the investigator had experienced successful gas lighting because she was visibly shaken -- they had very successfully convinced her that, on some level, she had done something wrong - I could hear it in her voice. I immediately knew that if she was unable to recognize the gas lighting, it would affect her ability to testify, on the court witness stand, in a credible manner. Gas lighting can have a powerful effect - it is quite a head game.
Judges 12:1-3 had just been in my daily bible reading plan. I shared it with her and asked her to please read it over the next few days and let the Lord minister to her - I further explained that it was a scriptural picture of what she was experiencing (in terms of being gas lit by the parties whom she was charged with investigating for elder abuse and exploitation).
She went on vacation the very next day, and did not return to work until the day of the hearing. She was so shaken by the one gas lighting that she had to take leave. However, the Lord indeed ministered to her, through Judges 12:1-3, while she was on leave. When she came to court, she was an excellent witness. Her testimony was key to my clients being able to prevail in this case.
There was a great deal at stake because the opposing parties had taken control of my clients' extremely vulnerable mother, using a power of attorney - The opposing parties had placed my clients' mother on hospice and were not allowing my clients to make medical decisions.
It is always crucial to be able to discern when someone is trying to gaslight you regardless of whether the gas lighter is a foe or a supposed friend. Take a look at the three (3) scriptural examples cited above and take a lesson. Gaslighting is as old as time itself as evidenced by its presence in scripture.
Another takeaway for me was that my clients would not have prevailed in this case without these scriptures, and the corresponding revelation, that came from my DAILY BIBLE READING PLAN !!!
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Gas Lighting - Judges 9-12, my takeaway revelations, Part 2
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