Date: Friday, 8th September, 2023
Text: Acts 5:1-11
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
If you have gone far in a wrong direction the best thing to do is to make a U-turn and proceed into the right path. It is better late than never. Similarly, if you have sown an evil seed and now you have realized the danger of a more evil harvest, what should you do? The simple answer is to uproot the evil seed and by so doing avert an evil harvest.
Secret sins are plain before the all-seeing eyes of God. In order to put the devil to shame, it is important to expose the hidden works of darkness (Ephesians 5:11). You can undo what you have done if it has the potential of an evil harvest.
In today’s text, a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. But Peter asked, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?” He lost his life being struck down by the Holy Spirit.
Three hours later, his wife came into the church. She was also asked to mention the amount at which their land was sold. She could have uprooted the seed sown by her husband by simply confessing the truth and thus averting the evil harvest of untimely death. Unfortunately, she also lied in conspiracy with her husband and she received a death sentence. Acts 5:1-11
Receive the grace to uproot every evil seed sown in Jesus name.
Prayer Nugget: I receive the grace to uproot all evil seeds I have sown in Jesus name.