READ:
GENESIS 9:20-25
Flaw is a
major weapon used by Satan. Whenever the devil discovers a sort of Achilles’ heel in someone’s life, he uses it against the
person. We shall look at the Scriptures for various instances where Satan used
this joker on people. We shall start with Esau. The fault with Esau was that he
liked food and Satan knew this. He became a hunter so as to be able to eat meat
anytime he was hungry. When it was time to draw his joker, Satan made Jacob,
the younger brother of Esau, to prepare some pottage and made it to coincide
with the time Esau was hungry. Satan knew that Esau would be hungry and that he
liked food. His love of food made him fall for the deal proposed by Jacob, that
he should forfeit his birthright before he would give him a mess of pottage.
Can you imagine Jacob’s folly? “But Jacob said, Sell me your birthright as
of this day. And Esau said, Look, I am about to die; so what profit shall this
birthright be to me?” (Genesis 25:31-32). Thus, Esau “” Esau sold his
birthright because of just one meal. Satan knows that many people worship their
bellies. We also have the case of Noah. It was only Noah and his household that
God spared when He destroyed the earth with flood. Noah was a great preacher.
Satan viewed his life and got ready with a joker. He knew that Noah could not
do without a little bit of wine now and then. Many believers fall into this
category. They opine that what God dislikes is drunkenness and not that they
should not take a little bit of what they call alcoholic beverage. These people
call themselves ‘sipping saints’. By the time you start taking the little;
Satan is already drawing his joker. Satan got Noah. Satan wrecked the life of
one of his sons. Genesis 9:20-21 confirms this: “And Noah began to be a farmer,
and he planted a vineyard. Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became
uncovered in his tent.” Will you allow Satan to use the flaw in your
life against you? Watch and pray!
MEMORIZE:
GENESIS 3:6 –So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and the tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its
fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
