READ:
HEBREWS 12:1-2
Everyone
has certain weaknesses or character flaws in his or her life. If you do not
deal with them early enough, they may end up dealing with you and causing you
regret. Esau was a great eater. He liked food very much. He became a hunter so
he could eat his choice of meat any time he was hungry. Unknown to him, Satan
knew his weakness and was plotting against him.
One day Satan made Jacob, Esau’s younger brother, prepare some pottage to coincide with Esau coming home hungry. When Esau requested a plate of food, Satan pushed Jacob to ask his brother pay dearly. Jacob asked for Esau’s birthright, which he should jealously have guarded. If Esau had been in his right mind, he would have seen the devil’s plan to ruin his future for a plate of pottage. But he was so enslaved to food that he could not deny himself a meal.
Noah is another example. He and his family survived the flood. Noah was a preacher of righteousness, yet he could not stay without a little wine once in a while. Some believers have fallen into the same trap. They condemn drunkenness but approve low-level drinking. When you start taking a little, before you know it, Satan will have pulled out his joker and wrecked your life. He did it to Noah. One day, he got drunk and slept naked. Ham saw his father’s nakedness and when Noah regained consciousness, he cursed him, and that curse is still operating in the life of his descendants till this day.
Lot has two weaknesses. He was covetous and he loved wine. When his uncle Abraham asked him to chose where to go, he could have insisted that Abraham choose first, but his covetous spirit jumped at the offer and chose Sodom. He prospered there until one day he lost everything, including his wife. Are you nursing your weaknesses? Are you rationalising them? Deal with those little foxes that destroy the vine, before they wreck your life!
One day Satan made Jacob, Esau’s younger brother, prepare some pottage to coincide with Esau coming home hungry. When Esau requested a plate of food, Satan pushed Jacob to ask his brother pay dearly. Jacob asked for Esau’s birthright, which he should jealously have guarded. If Esau had been in his right mind, he would have seen the devil’s plan to ruin his future for a plate of pottage. But he was so enslaved to food that he could not deny himself a meal.
Noah is another example. He and his family survived the flood. Noah was a preacher of righteousness, yet he could not stay without a little wine once in a while. Some believers have fallen into the same trap. They condemn drunkenness but approve low-level drinking. When you start taking a little, before you know it, Satan will have pulled out his joker and wrecked your life. He did it to Noah. One day, he got drunk and slept naked. Ham saw his father’s nakedness and when Noah regained consciousness, he cursed him, and that curse is still operating in the life of his descendants till this day.
Lot has two weaknesses. He was covetous and he loved wine. When his uncle Abraham asked him to chose where to go, he could have insisted that Abraham choose first, but his covetous spirit jumped at the offer and chose Sodom. He prospered there until one day he lost everything, including his wife. Are you nursing your weaknesses? Are you rationalising them? Deal with those little foxes that destroy the vine, before they wreck your life!
MEMORIZE:
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:15 –Catch up the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the
vines, for our vines have tender grapes.
