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The weak ego is a spirit sent as a curse to those who chose to hold on to their pride. Superficial things will always win the attention of the one with the weak, fragile ego. These kinds, of people that is, will always compare themselves to the strong. They begin to feel inferior when they are around you because the weaknesses they refused to give over to God begin to heighten.
You will notice that they will turn against you in different social settings where you two exist. They will begin to degrade you and then watch silently while other people who believe what they say also begin to gaslight you.
"Those with a weak ego will not celebrate your happiness or success because it makes them feel uncomfortable. "
"They will never truly collaborate with you. They will not allow you to work out disagreements with them because it demonstrates that you have an ability they do not possess which goes against their script."
They don't control their emotions, oftentimes allowing intense anger to dictate their response.
“Typically, we experience a primary emotion like fear, loss, or sadness first. Because these emotions create feelings of vulnerability and loss of control, they make us uncomfortable. One way of attempting to deal with these feelings is by subconsciously shifting into anger” (Holathus, para. 5).
A person with a weak ego will do whatever it takes to avoid accountability because it forces them to self-reflect. This is hard to do since self-reflection in situations where they will see their own impurities can cause great injury to them. If you do this they punish you in some way and more than likely, it will be psychological abuse.
Instead of turning loose the spirit of offense and operating in the spirit of humility, they make you believe you were the problem. Once they lie to you, they have to keep up that lie. They may want to deal with issues like healthy individuals but their ego will not allow them to do so.
They gain esteem when they see others who are worse off than them. In different types of relationships where they feel they would benefit from someone else’s pain, fear, problems, and situations they thrive for as long as they can.
Instead of learning how to express concerns constructively with people whom they consider to be weaker in intellect they refuse to operate with integrity in order to trigger their prey. What they want is a calculated reaction and it is up to you not to give it to them.
Matthew 5:25 says, “Reconcile quickly with your adversary, whiles thou art in the way with him, lest anytime the adversary deliver thee to a judge and the judge deliver thee to the office and you be thrown into prison.” These kids of people eventually wind up in court facing a judge when they get into interactions with people who will not stand for their mess.
They end up in divorce court, criminal court, civil court and always find themselves as a common denominator when mess begins to surface in a family. It is clear that these people will not ever seem to fight or protect anyone else but their weak ego and they will go to any extreme to do so.
Those of us who are called to these kinds of people have the tools to see through the intimidation and the ability to pray for their deliverance. If God can heal HIV, cancer and aids, he can also fix a broken heart, sick mind and weak ego.
Reference:
Holathus, J. Deciphering Anger: What It’s Trying to Tell You
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Tina P