READ:
PROVERBS 1:22-33
No matter
how powerful the devil is, there are certain things he cannot do without your
co-operation. Satan must find an ally in you before he can harm, or lead you
into sin. The only group of people who cannot be captured by the enemy are
those who have made up their minds to close all doors against the devil. If you
are holy and obedient you can relax because you are secure forever. Nobody will
harm you if you do not leave a loophole in your life. If there s no crack in
your armour, there will be no way for the devil to penetrate. In 1 Peter 3:13,
the Bible says, “And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is
good?” Who will harm you, if you are living holy? Proverbs 1:32-33
says, “For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the complacency
of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me will dwell safely, and
will be secure, without fear of evil.” Do you wish to dwell safely?
Abide in Christ. Proverbs 12:21 says, “No grave trouble will overtake the
righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.” If you pretend to
be holy while you are not, you will destroy yourself. But the truth is that no
evil shall happen to the just. Psalm 53:4-5 says: “Have the workers of iniquity no
knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?
There they are in great fear where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones
of him who encamps against you; you have put them to shame because God has
despised them.” Those who live in sin are always afraid even when there
is nothing to fear. Truly, they have reasons to be afraid. Anybody fighting the
devil and casting out demons will have his name on the list of the enemy. However,
the enemies know that as long as you live holy, they cannot touch you. However,
as soon as you slip and fall, and your armour cracks, the demons will move in
to torment you. Satan cannot gain entry into your life except you grant him
access. The door you open to the devil is the only entry point he has into your
life. Unfortunately, many have thrown wide open all the doors of their lives
thereby constructing an expressway for the devil to zoom into their lives.
Watch how you open your doors – it might be your undoing.
MEMORIZE:
1 PETER 3:13 –And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what
is good?
