"I'm under spiritual attack because God is punishing me or teaching me something through suffering."
How it sounds in your head: Maybe God is allowing these attacks to humble me, teach me patience, or discipline me for past sins. Other people get breakthrough; I get prolonged warfare. Perhaps God is using the enemy to refine my character or break my pride.
"God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him."
-- Acts 10:38Source: religious teaching that misrepresents God as author of suffering and enemy attacks as divine curriculum rather than recognizing Satan as source of all oppression.
Teaching that 'God won't give you more than you can handle' and 'suffering produces character' frames attacks as divine pedagogy. Prolonged struggle without breakthrough suggests God is deliberately withholding deliverance for character development.
After Satan's prolonged attack that destroyed wealth, family, and health while religious friends accused Job of hidden sin, God spoke and INSTANTLY restored Job's fortunes DOUBLE - twice the livestock, ten more children, 140 more years of life the moment God spoke.
I REFUSE the lie that God is behind my attacks or using the enemy to teach me. IT IS WRITTEN that Jesus healed ALL who were oppressed by the devil because GOD WAS WITH HIM. God heals oppression; He doesn't author it. Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy. Jesus comes to give ABUNDANT LIFE. IT IS WRITTEN that every good gift comes from my Father - attacks are from the enemy, deliverance is from God. My Father is not my attacker; He's my DELIVERER. He's not teaching me through suffering; He's FIGHTING the one causing it. The BARAK blessing means He COMMANDS blessing on me, not curses. I am His beloved son, not His enemy's training dummy.
Your Father watches religious voices tell you He's behind your suffering and His heart breaks - like a dad accused of beating his son when he's actually fighting off the attacker. He's not using the enemy to refine you; He's ready to CRUSH the enemy the moment you stop crediting your Father with hell's work and start receiving heaven's deliverance.