Good day people of God, how is your day going? I had an early morning engagement, a seminar on The Impact of Trauma and Traumatic Experiences on Societal Health: An Initiative for Mental Health Wellness. It was very enlightening, i guess it will be a topic for another day. Let us quickly look at what the Lord is saying to us today.
Our Bible reading is from Numbers 25:1-end and our memory verse is from Numbers 25:16-18 "And the Lord said to Moses, Harass the Midianites and smite them; for they harassed you with their wiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of Pe`or, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plaque on account of Pe`or."
Wiles means practices for deception, ensnaring. It also means to turn away as by diversion. It means to be tricky. The Bible made us to understand that the devil, the enemy is roaming about and roaring like a wounded lion looking for whom to devour. The enemy is full of deceit, this he uses perfectly when the children of God is not in tune with the Holy Spirit, he first of all gets one carried away with things that should not really matter and when he confirms you have lost your mind, his manipulative tendency goes to work and this result in a child of God involved in devilish and malicious exercise.
As we see in our reading today, the children of Israel in their journey had got to Shettim and dwelt there. Apparently they were trying to relax and have some recreational activities and that landed in their playing harlot with the daughters of Moab. This play resulted in the children of Israel mingling with the Moabites, attending their ceremonies, eating & drinking food & wine sacrificed to the Moabites' gods and also bowing down to their gods.You see the chain, from simple play to idol worshiping.
The journey to our promised land is challenging because the enemy do not want to see us make it to our promised land, our place of glory, also the inhabitants of the promised land do not want to displaced even though they know that their time is up. So they will at all cost use their wiles to get one carried away to misbehave, just may be, with that God will lay off our case. The enemy knows that it is only sin that creates a barrier between God and man, so he will always use his wiles to get man to sin against God.
Brethren, I urge you today to be wise and mindful of the wiles of the evil one so you are not robbed of your divine blessings.
Till I come your way again, remain blessed.
Our Bible reading is from Numbers 25:1-end and our memory verse is from Numbers 25:16-18 "And the Lord said to Moses, Harass the Midianites and smite them; for they harassed you with their wiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of Pe`or, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plaque on account of Pe`or."
Wiles means practices for deception, ensnaring. It also means to turn away as by diversion. It means to be tricky. The Bible made us to understand that the devil, the enemy is roaming about and roaring like a wounded lion looking for whom to devour. The enemy is full of deceit, this he uses perfectly when the children of God is not in tune with the Holy Spirit, he first of all gets one carried away with things that should not really matter and when he confirms you have lost your mind, his manipulative tendency goes to work and this result in a child of God involved in devilish and malicious exercise.
As we see in our reading today, the children of Israel in their journey had got to Shettim and dwelt there. Apparently they were trying to relax and have some recreational activities and that landed in their playing harlot with the daughters of Moab. This play resulted in the children of Israel mingling with the Moabites, attending their ceremonies, eating & drinking food & wine sacrificed to the Moabites' gods and also bowing down to their gods.You see the chain, from simple play to idol worshiping.
The journey to our promised land is challenging because the enemy do not want to see us make it to our promised land, our place of glory, also the inhabitants of the promised land do not want to displaced even though they know that their time is up. So they will at all cost use their wiles to get one carried away to misbehave, just may be, with that God will lay off our case. The enemy knows that it is only sin that creates a barrier between God and man, so he will always use his wiles to get man to sin against God.
Brethren, I urge you today to be wise and mindful of the wiles of the evil one so you are not robbed of your divine blessings.
Till I come your way again, remain blessed.
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