I listened to a young woman’s
testimony some years back and a particular statement she kept making struck me.
It was not so much as the statement itself but the manner in which she said it.
The statement and all it entails remained with me ever since and had helped me
to look at a lot of happenings in my life in better perspective. She kept
puncturing her narrative with the statement: ‘the devil was trying to kill me’.
Now, if you don’t believe in God you may feel she is melodramatic or looking
for excuses for her terrible lifestyle. Friend, whether you believe in God or
not, the reality is that the ‘the devil is truly trying to kill you’! Just look
around you; the kings and rulers of the world are enacting laws and policies
that negate the fundamental existence of man and it seems there’s no stopping
of this raging madness. This maddening tendencies is sweeping unrestrained
across the lands; thus, putting our way of life and future in jeopardy. Anyway,
this is not new; the enemy (the enemy of our soul – the devil) throughout history
had always tried to rewrite the destinies of people and we see the Lord come
through to stop him. Friend, you may be going through some stuff right now in
your life and it looks like Heaven is silent and leaving you to your fate. That
is not so! The Lord Jesus Christ is working your deliverance behind the scene
if you believe and trust Him; He will surely come through for you. I am assured
of this because He had never failed and He will not be starting now!
Habakkuk, one of the Prophets in the Bible was
in a similar dilemma as he wondered why God is not rescuing His people from the
hands of the raiding armies of the Chaldean. This army was sweeping across the
lands uprooting, planting and disrupting destinies of people and nations
unchecked. In chapter one of Habakkuk, we learnt that it was God that actually
raised the enemy and allowed them to carry out their unfair judgments on the
people of the nations: “Look! I am
raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter, impetuous nation that marches across the
earth’s open spaces to seize territories not its own. They are fierce and
terrifying; their views of justices and sovereignty stem from themselves”
(Habakkuk 1:6-7). The beauty about our God is that in His judgment, there is
mercy. He had put a timeline to the raids and had equally made a way of escape
for His people once they turn to Him: “For
the vision is yet for the appointed time; it testifies about the end and will
not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, since it will certainly come and will
not be late” (Habakkuk 2:3). In other words, what you are going through as
a child of God, He allowed for training you. Once you learn what He is teaching
you, He will show you the way out. You might scream this is unfair and not
right. If so, then you are not a legitimate child because all legitimate
children are disciplined by their fathers for their own good. If left to their
own devices, they will hurt themselves: “No
discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields
the fruit of peace and righteousness to those who have been trained by it”
(Hebrews 12:11). No matter what the enemy is allowed to throw at us, we must
stand our ground with the clear assurance that God will bring us out of the
situation. Habakkuk understood this, and so stood watch at his guard post to
get the instruction of God. So many have left their duty posts where
instructions would have come to them, thus, going from one pain to the other
without respite in sight. These are going through the motions of being a child
of God without carrying the power of His Presence! Friend, don’t be in haste
there by falling into the traps of darkness. Remain in the stronghold (Jesus
Christ), He will give you the strength to remain standing; and when the victory
comes (it will surely come), it will be TOTAL victory to the glory of God! God
bless you.
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