Tuesday January 02nd, 2024
« If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell »
28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.
When hunters want to catch an eagle, they tie a big hen in a place where the eagle can easily spot it.
When the eagle is flying and it sees the hen, it rejoices, then it flies down to pick the hen.
Unknown to the eagle, the hen is tied down.
When the eagle carries the hen and attempts to fly with it, it pulls hard, triggering a heavy basket that falls over, trapping it there until the hunter comes.
The hen is the eagle’s weakness; it cannot resist going for it, so the hunters use that against it.
This is the same way the devil traps Christians who fail to deal with their weaknesses.
That is why you need to discover and deal with your weakness fast before it destroys you.
Dealing with a weakness takes conscious painstaking effort.
If your weakness for example is money, you need to consciously resist any temptation to steal.
After you have resisted a few temptations to steal and it looks like you have gotten over that weakness, don’t be deceived to relax; stay alert.
Moses had one weakness and that was anger.
He seemed to have dealt with this weakness as the Bible recorded that he was the meekest man on earth. Numbers 12:3 NKJV
« Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth »
When the Bible says someone is meek (humble), that individual is really meek.
However, he relaxed and that same weakness that seemed to have been dealt with was what put him in trouble (Numbers 20:8-12).
Just like hunters, the devil is very patient.
Once he knows a person’s weakness, he will wait until the individual relaxes, then strike.
David’s weakness was women and that brought a curse upon his lineage such that up until today, the sword has not departed from Israel; the nation is always involved in one war or the other (2 Samuel 12:10 ).
Not dealing with your weakness can bring generational consequences.
Stay alert; deal with that weakness and never take the devils bait.
Application – Identify, resolve and deal with your weaknesses.
Author – Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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