Thursday June 19th, 2025
« But [like a boxer] I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached [the gospel] to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified [as unfit for service] »
24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.
26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.
27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.
Your biggest enemy is not the devil, neither is it your mother-in-law, witches or wizards.
As a child of God, you know very well that greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world 1 John 4:4.
The Bible made it clear that you are more than conquerors through Him that loved you (Romans 8:37) .
Your number one enemy is yourself.
The one who is truly victorious is the one who has conquered oneself.
When you live according to the dictates of your flesh, you give it permission to destroy you and it is good at doing that. Proverbs 16:32GNT
« It is better to be patient than powerful. It is better to win control over yourself than over whole cities »
- Samson took down an entire city single-handedly but could not conquer himself.
He was so powerful that cities feared him, but in the lap of a woman, he was the weakest of men.
Even a little child knows better than to touch a piece of hot iron that had burned him or her before.
In Samson’s case however, he told Delilah a lie about the source of his power and awoke to find that she had used the information against him, yet he did not stay away.
To make matters worse, he told her the truth at last and ended up grinding corn for the same enemy that used to fear him (Judges 16:6-21).
You may say Samson was a fool, but what about you ?
- Have you been staying away from those sins that easily beset you?
When a child of God is really fervent, the devil starts searching out their weakness.
The moment he finds it, he will try to use it as a weapon for that child of God to destroy himself or herself.
That is why you must destroy that weakness before the devil uses it against you. Proverb 25:28NLT says
« A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls »
Control yourself so that you would be victorious against the attacks of the devil.
Food for thoughts – Have you conquered yourself ?
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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