Date: Saturday, 16th November, 2024
Text: 1 Peter 5:8-9
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
During the COVID-19 lock down, the whole world went on compulsory holiday. So many people were idle and they say, an idle hand is the devil’s workshop.
On one of those days, a particular video went viral. In that footage two Nigerian women who were neighours were involved in heated arguments that led to verbal exchange of insults. At a point their husbands got involved and it escalated to a very serious physical brawl.
At a point the fight became bloody as the two men started hitting themselves with any available harmful and dangerous item like wood and broken bottles. Eventually they were rushed to the hospital; one of them was said to have died on the way to the hospital while the other one gave up the ghost later that day.
The two women who started the quarrel became widows and their children also became fatherless the same day! If they had known that what started as a little argument would consume their crowns, they would have done everything possible to quench the evil fire that started from their tongues.
At the end of the day the women would have realized that the fight was not worth it after all. So many people all over the world have suffered similar irreparable losses just because they gave the devil a foothold.
The word of God says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8
Again the word of God says, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7.
Don’t let the devil hijack your relationships. You don’t have any business negotiating with the devil; simply submit your heart to the Lord. And whenever the devil wants to rear up his ugly head, prayerfully trample upon him and cast him out with the authority of God’s word.
Prophetic Nugget: You are a victor and not a victim in Jesus name.