READ: 1 SAMUEL 23:19-29
The Ziphites came to
offer king Saul information on where David was hiding among them. Saul thanked
them but asked them to verify the exact place he was hiding. Obviously, he was
tired of hitting and missing. He wanted to make sure that the next hit will see
David in his trap. Every plan of your enemies to ensnare you will fail. Don’t
be too quick to tell everyone your secrets. Whether you like it or not, agents
of Satan come to church just like everyone else. Such people are devoted to
sell you into the hands of those who will destroy you. If you are flippant,
they will gain access to your secrets and use it against you. This is why you
should not testify to half-baked miracles until they are complete. Every
miracle God has started in your will not be terminated in Jesus name.
Another lesson here is the need to correctly diagnose the problem to get the appropriate antidote. What many Christians see as their problem is really not the problem. If a fellow believer is deliberately working against you, the tendency is to see him as your enemy. No, he is not. He is only a tool in the hands of demons. If you pray against him, and by chance he dies, the demons will simply enter another brother and continue from where they stopped.
Stop attacking the effect: face the cause. Satan, through his demons, is responsible for quite a number of unpleasant behaviours. When a demon of lust comes to a prayerless or powerless believer, he will yield to lustful thoughts. When your business partner suddenly becomes very greedy and is almost tearing the business apart, he is only responding to the spirit of greed. Is your marriage almost falling apart through misunderstanding, frequent quarrels and fights? It is an evidence home-breaking demons have made your home their headquarters. Don’t make the mistake of fighting your spouse. When you attack the effect, it is like taking malaria drugs for high blood pressure. It cannot work. From today, do not react instantly to situations. See beyond the immediate events and actors and pray against the unseen forces pulling the strings behind the scene and your victory will come.
Another lesson here is the need to correctly diagnose the problem to get the appropriate antidote. What many Christians see as their problem is really not the problem. If a fellow believer is deliberately working against you, the tendency is to see him as your enemy. No, he is not. He is only a tool in the hands of demons. If you pray against him, and by chance he dies, the demons will simply enter another brother and continue from where they stopped.
Stop attacking the effect: face the cause. Satan, through his demons, is responsible for quite a number of unpleasant behaviours. When a demon of lust comes to a prayerless or powerless believer, he will yield to lustful thoughts. When your business partner suddenly becomes very greedy and is almost tearing the business apart, he is only responding to the spirit of greed. Is your marriage almost falling apart through misunderstanding, frequent quarrels and fights? It is an evidence home-breaking demons have made your home their headquarters. Don’t make the mistake of fighting your spouse. When you attack the effect, it is like taking malaria drugs for high blood pressure. It cannot work. From today, do not react instantly to situations. See beyond the immediate events and actors and pray against the unseen forces pulling the strings behind the scene and your victory will come.
MEMORIZE: JOB 1:9
–Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Does Job hear God for nothing.
HIS ROBOT
READ: JOHN 3:25-36
Do you want to increase
and have your coast enlarged beyond measure? If your answer is yes, how much
are you ready decrease? God’s method of increase is through decrease. John 3:30
says, “He must increase but I must decrease.” Before you can be filled
with the fullness of God, you have to empty yourself of the fullness of flesh
and Satan. The degree to which flesh is crucified is what creates room for God
in your heart. Your flesh must decrease for God to increase in your life. How?
You must dethrone pride from your heart. Your personal ambition must be
surrendered at the feet of Christ. You must be completely given up to Him. What
you like to do, where you like to go must be replaced with what He wants you to
do and where He wants you to go. It means you must not only become is servant
but His robot.
The more of this dying process in your life, the more like Jesus you would become. A time will come when people look at you and they will not find the old you. They will look at you and will see somebody else – Jesus Christ. That is when you will wave your hands and the sick will be healed. To what extent do you resemble Jesus? Are you like Him in speech, taste, passion, conduct, forgiveness, love, power, glory, commitment to the Father, relationship with the Holy Spirit? The Lord will make you like Him from today.
A child went home after Sunday school one day, and told his mother he saw Jesus in their church. He said the laces of his shoes were loose and Jesus bent down to tie it for him. So his mother asked for a description of this Jesus and it fitted the pastor of the church. If you are willing to decrease, to go down and serve those God has put under you, before long the Jesus in you will be what they will see and no more you. A robot has no personal desire or goals other than what has been programmed into it. God has a glorious heavenly programme for your life, but as long as the flesh is there, it will fight against God’s programme. But if you can leave yourself in His hands as a robot, He will easily programme you to conform to His heavenly software. If you are still full of yourself you can be sure there is no space for God in you. Make adjustment today.
The more of this dying process in your life, the more like Jesus you would become. A time will come when people look at you and they will not find the old you. They will look at you and will see somebody else – Jesus Christ. That is when you will wave your hands and the sick will be healed. To what extent do you resemble Jesus? Are you like Him in speech, taste, passion, conduct, forgiveness, love, power, glory, commitment to the Father, relationship with the Holy Spirit? The Lord will make you like Him from today.
A child went home after Sunday school one day, and told his mother he saw Jesus in their church. He said the laces of his shoes were loose and Jesus bent down to tie it for him. So his mother asked for a description of this Jesus and it fitted the pastor of the church. If you are willing to decrease, to go down and serve those God has put under you, before long the Jesus in you will be what they will see and no more you. A robot has no personal desire or goals other than what has been programmed into it. God has a glorious heavenly programme for your life, but as long as the flesh is there, it will fight against God’s programme. But if you can leave yourself in His hands as a robot, He will easily programme you to conform to His heavenly software. If you are still full of yourself you can be sure there is no space for God in you. Make adjustment today.
MEMORIZE: JOHN
3:30 –He must increase, but I must decrease.
