Date: Monday, 27th October, 2025
Text: Matthew 26:41
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
As established yesterday, every believer is called into the ministry of spiritual wrestling. We are not wrestling against flesh and blood (human beings) but against spiritual forces that resist the will of God. Victory in this contest comes through the right spiritual posture — captured in the acronym W.R.E.S.T.L.E.
Today’s focus begins with the first ingredient: Watchfulness.
To watch is to stay spiritually awake, alert, and discerning. Jesus commanded, “Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation.” (Matthew 26:41). A careless believer is an easy target for the enemy, but a watchful believer detects and destroys his schemes before they take root.
Paul echoed this same charge in 1 Corinthians 16:13 (KJV): “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.” Watchfulness is therefore not passive observation — it is active readiness, sustained by prayer and anchored in faith.
Peter also warned, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” — 1 Peter 5:8. When you stay awake in the Spirit, you become untouchable in the battle.
Watchfulness keeps your heart aligned with heaven and your spirit tuned to divine signals. It helps you perceive what God is doing and discern what the enemy is plotting. Many spiritual defeats begin in the place of distraction; many victories begin in the place of alertness.
Beloved, spiritual warfare is not won by strength but by sensitivity. Stay awake, stay discerning, and stay prayerful. The vigilant soul is the victorious soul.
Prayer Nugget: Father, awaken my spirit from slumber. Make me sensitive to your voice and alert against every device of the enemy in Jesus name.
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