Saturday June 22nd, 2024
« LORD, do not punish me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath »
1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!
2 For Your arrows pierce me deeply, and Your hand presses me down.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your anger, nor any health in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are full of inflammation, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You.
It is disastrous for a Christian not to know the source of his or her challenges.
It is indeed very possible that the challenge you are through may not even be from the devil.
It may be a chastisement coming directly from the Lord.
Once you are able to confirm this, you must humble yourself in repentance before Jesus.
You must always look inwards anytime you feel that your relationship with God is trained.
That is what the Psalmist (David) always did.
Sadly, today, many Christians always want to exonerate themselves; they are so quick to attribute the challenges of their lives to the devil.
At times, I imagine the devil saying “You’ve missed it. You are a child of God; I dare not come near you.”
How I wish all Christians would be spiritually sensitive.
You must know that sin brings the wrath of God upon a sinner, irrespective of the spiritual standing of the fellow before he or she fell into sin.
I know this is because Ezekiel 33:12 NLT says
«……The righteous behavior of righteous people will not save them if they turn to sin, nor will the wicked behavior of wicked people destroy them if they repent and turn from their sins »
Thank God for 1 John 2:1-2GNT which offers hope to anyone who strays into sin. It says
« I am writing this to you, my children, so that you will not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have someone who pleads with the Father on our behalf—Jesus Christ, the righteous One. And Christ Himself is the means by which our sins are forgiven, and not our sins only, but also the sins of everyone »
If you have sinned, you must not be too proud to repent.
Likewise, when others have sinned, it is not your place to say whether they would be forgiven or not.
As a body, we are not to bury wounded soldiers who are still struggling to survive.
Unfortunately, that’s what many so-called Christians do; we take away the life support from dying soldiers and make their journey to hell faster !
There is enough room at the top for all children of God, so there is no need to pull anyone down in order to rise.
Don’t become an enemy to yourself. a house divided against itself shall not stand (Matthew 12:25).
Prayer focus – Father, please open my eyes to see the true cause of every challenge I am facing in the mighty name of Jesus.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Edited by Naomie Joseph
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