Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Several weeks ago, God gave me a word concerning doing business with people who trouble you. It was attached to an instruction given by Jesus to his disciples when HE sent them forth.
Mt. 10... And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. 12And when ye come into an house, salute it. 13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
At the time I was shown this, I was looking for a lawn mowing and care service.
Through this need, I was shown some basic principles. If there is trouble in working with the people, discontinue the service and find someone else. Don't try to continue with someone who robs you of peace when you try to work with them.
I found one lawn service I liked. Their work was good. But every time I had to contact their office, there was trouble. Everything was done by email. They did not want to talk by phone. This seemed OK to me since I prefer email to phone. But it turned out strangely.
First, when I told them I needed to give them a key to back gate, they said they didn't keep keys. I replied that I would need to find another service. Then I was told they would keep key.
Second, they began billing me at the end of each week. I asked to be billed monthly. They responded and said they did not bill monthly. I replied I would need to get another service for weekly billing would just be too difficult for me to keep up with. Then they said they would bill monthly.
Third, on their emails, they asked me to click "like" on facebook. I responded that we do not do facebook.
I received another email and they asked me to click "like" on facebook. I explained again we do not do face book and requested they not ask me to do this again. Then I received response telling me that facebook request was placed on all of their communications and to just ignore it. I replied, "OK" but that troubled me ... To ignore a request is a pattern of life that seemed wrong to me.
With that I discontinued their service. While I liked the lawn work, I was troubled over and over by the office communication.
(It is interesting for Pam was immediately troubled by things I told her about this lawn service. They were trying to be so "big" and they were so focused on internet and doing everything by internet with big, impressive web site. Pam lives in another city which is 400 + miles away but the spirit in her was troubled and she reacted very strongly against this company. This is unusual for Pam to do. She is such a low key person.)
So finally I quit and found someone else. I probably stayed with this service longer than I should have stayed. At the first sign of trouble from the office response, I should have quit. It turned out I had to quit anyway but I think it was harder to quit later than it would have been had I quit the first week. (I was only with them for about 3 weeks as it turned out.)
This same example pertains to a doctor. He is a specialist in treating glaucoma eye disease. I did not like going to his office. People were treated like cattle and the office staff showed signs of annoyance if they were asked a question by a patient. (I should have quit then.) But at one point this doctor frightened me very much. When I prayed about this, I saw to find another doctor. God showed me how to go about finding another doctor. I made the change and it has worked out well.
We must not be afraid to change when our peace is stolen from us by someone.
"Enquire who is worthy" ... stay with them, so long as you can be there in peace ... But if peace keeps being removed and you keep being troubled, move elsewhere as quickly as possible.
We, as humans, do not like change. Therefore when we are troubled, we tend to stay in spite of the trouble.
What I believe God has shown me is to leave when you are troubled ... leave immediately ... no benefit of the doubt ... find someone else where you can live in peace ...
Certainly we expect to see lots of trouble in days ahead ... since people will get worse and worse, not better but worse.
Paul told us: 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. II Tim. 3
Remain where there is peace ... depart when you are troubled (when you can depart).
Of course, always pray about everything! But be very careful about benefit of the doubt when you are troubled ... try that spirit that is telling you to stay when you are troubled!