READ:
NUMBERS 20:7-11
Besetting
sins are sins that easily cling to you. If you don’t deal with besetting sins
you may regret eternally. Do you battle with besetting sins? What is it? Is it
lying, anger, malice, fornication, pride, etc?
You must deal with it. Someone who had not been drinking wine would not
be easily lured into it. Lot had been taking wine, so when the time came for
Satan to strike, it was easy. By the time Satan finished with Lot, apart from
losing his wife, his two daughters committed abominable acts. King Saul who
also disobeyed God killed the descendants of this union. This led to the
rejection of Saul by God. Indulgence in hidden faults or flaws brings series of
problems. When something is identified as bad, it is to be seen as bad. Deal
with besetting sins or they will ruin you. Try to find out those hidden faults
in your life that Satan can use against you and get rid of them. Let us also
look at Moses. The only fault that Moses had was anger. Satan saw him when he
killed a Egyptian in anger. As the Israelites moved in the wilderness, Moses
passed through a lot of troubles from them. Satan did not strike at these
times. He held on to his joker until Moses got to the edge of the Promised
Land. “So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as He commanded him. And
Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock; and he said
to them, Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?
Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water
came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank. ”
The Lord gave Moses an instruction. But he was so angry that he did the wrong
thing. God told him to speak to the rock, but he smote the twice. Remember, the
rock is a type of Christ. Smiting the rock was therefore a great blunder.
However, God did not deny Himself. Water gushed out and the people had more
than enough to drink and give their animals. God performed miracles but He
later dealt with the instrument of the blessing. Don’t allow the fact that God
is doing wonderful things to becloud your vision.
MEMORIZE:
1 SAMUEL 15:19 –Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD? Why did you
swoop down the spoil, and do evil in the sight of the LORD?
