Date: Friday, 19th September, 2025
Text: Ephesians 1:18-23
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
It is entirely possible to be sincerely wrong. Many people in our world today live under such deception without realizing it. Their daily lives are influenced—indeed, deluded—by the arch-enemy of their souls, the devil.
This is why Jesus prayed for His enemies on the cross: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34). He interceded for His tormentors because He understood that their actions stemmed from ignorance. Those who persecuted Him believed they knew exactly what they were doing—but in truth, they did not. As Scripture says, “The god of this age [Satan] has blinded the minds of unbelievers so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God” (2 Corinthians 4:4).
Consider this: the very day a lunatic realizes he is insane is the day his healing begins. King Nebuchadnezzar experienced this reality firsthand. Because of his pride, he was divinely struck with madness for seven years. During that time, he lived like a wild animal—eating grass, dwelling in the wilderness, his body soaked with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like eagle’s feathers and his nails like bird’s claws—until at last he acknowledged that God, not man, is sovereign over the kingdoms of the world (Daniel 4:25–35).
Nebuchadnezzar’s condition was a punishment for arrogance, a humbling lesson permitted by God, even through the enemy’s affliction.
Many today are in a similar spiritual state. Outwardly they may seem fine, but inwardly they are blinded and bound by the devil. Some are enslaved by drug addiction that slowly destroys their lives. Others are trapped in sexual immorality, pornography, and related sins. You may even find an educated woman, in her “right senses” dressed scantily and immodestly—blind to the spiritual danger she faces.
Are you blinded by Satan? If so, pray as Paul did: “That the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in His holy people, and His incomparably great power for us who believe” (Ephesians 1:18–19a).
Prayer Nugget: Father, please, open my eyes of understanding today; enlighten me that I may see the glorious light of the gospel of Christ in Jesus name.
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