And said unto them why sleep ye, rise ye and pray lest you enter into temptation
DAILY READING Matthew 9:1-17; Leviticus 3-4; Proverbs 20
Weeds choke, entangle and steal from plants, robbing them of needed moisture and nutrients. They may not necessarily stop growth, but they can slow it down to the point that fruit never ripens. They hinder fruit from maturing. Weeds are aggressive, often quicker than useful plants at reproducing and spreading. Since they are typically fast growing, they eventually steal the sunlight, too, by towering over the good plants. Then they crowd out the tender young shoots, stealing their space. In agricultural situations, especially tropical regions, weeds can cause up to a fifty percent reduction in yields. They are not easy to get rid of. Any farmer or gardener will verify that one hundred percent control of weeds is impossible. A single plant of common ragweed can produce over 3000 seeds. A single pigweed plant produces over 120,000 seeds! And if conditions are not right, some weed seeds can lie dormant for decades, waiting for the right amount of moisture, light and heat before germinating. Studies have shown seeds from several varieties of weeds are still able to germinate after ninety years! Add to this that botanists have classified thousands of different species of weeds.
Indeed weeds are a problem that will not go away. The most that can be done is to manage the problem. Despite the best efforts of a farmer, every few days or weeks, weeds pop up and need to be pulled out. A gardener has to watch constantly for them and attack their appearance early.
Spiritually, weeds and thorns are those things that can grow in a man’s life to rob him of God’s best for him. These weeds or thorns choke growth of The Word in him and stop the man from being fruitful or producing good fruits.
Luke 8:7 says ‘And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them’ And then Luke 8:14-15 says ‘And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.’
So spiritually, weeds, thorns, tares can hinder a man’s fruitfulness. And it is spiritual slumber that gives the enemy the opportunity to sow these wrong seeds in a man’s life.
Mathew 13:25 says ‘But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.’
This is why we need to constantly watch and pray so that we do not fall prey to the enemy. It is either you pray or you will be preyed upon. Having a strong Prayer life is where you stop the enemy from planting wrong things in your life. It is in the place of prayer that you roar and stop the enemy from invading your territory. Our deliverance is in our mouth. What you can’t confront you can’t conquer. If you don’t like what you see, speak what should be. Don’t keep silent over the enemy’s harassment. In spiritual warfare silence is seen as consent. But when you roar in the place of prayer, every enemy of your destiny is sent packing.
It is in the place of prayer that we exercise our redemptive rights. It is in the place of prayer that we can engage the spiritual weapons of our warfare. And one sure weapon is the blood of Jesus. If there are things the enemy may have planted in your life that are proving stubborn to be uprooted, then engage the power of the blood against them. In spiritual warfare the blood is a weapon of mass destruction. Just like in physical warfare , nuclear power is the ultimate military might, in the same vein, the Blood is our ultimate spiritual weapon. It is the spiritual nuclear force that destroys all barriers, resistances and oppositions. It is our sure guarantee of victory in every battle.
Revelation 12:11 says And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
By engaging the power of the blood in prayer, every planting of the enemy is uprooted and destroyed. Indeed the blood is our ultimate victory against every satanic assault.
PRAYER: Lord, please help me to be always prayerful and watchful. By Your grace the enemy will never have the opportunity to plant any tares in my life. Indeed by The blood of Jesus I am a winner in every battle of life in Jesus Name.
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When God places His hand upon a man in life nothing can come against him, this is because the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. WORDBITE 222