“Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil” ( Psalm 37:8)
It’s a common everyday experience. Any who tries to boil water in a pan knows that at a certain point the pressure would just tear up the lid to burst open. Such a case is not only limited to boiling water in a pan- also human beings when they suck in a lot and don’t let it out can reach a point of explosion and force the lid to burst open. This could be a situation of anger all bottled up that burst through the seams.
Hence, counselors would ordinarily urge us if we are angry over a certain matter to go and talk it over. It’s a good therapy that the Bible also offers: “And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry” (Ephesians 4:26). Of course who has not had that bad night of restlessness simply because there was a matter eating one up yet it could all be laid to rest by talking over with whoever is upsetting one!
Cain killed his brother Abel because he let anger consume him ( Gen 4:8). Anger is one of those tools the enemy can use to ultimately cause us ruin as happened to Cain, and which we must be watchful.
Today, if there is a matter oppressing you, do not suck it in to a boiling point. First, God has given us a way out to come to him for “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us” ( 1 John 5:14). God also desires reconciliation with his children, for he says, “I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you” ( John 17:21).
Prayer today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, where there is any situation in my life troubling me to a point of anger I surrender it to you for the freedom and peace that flows from you instead of oppressing anger, this I pray in Jesus’s name.
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18/05/2024 - 19/05/2024 All day“Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.” (Colossians 2:15)
Perhaps one of the most inspiring passages in the Bible with enduring lessons is where Moses pleads to Pharaoh to let the Jews go. Instead Pharaoh dared Moses if he had the power as that of a king. Challenged to “perform a miracle” Moses turned to Aaron who threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake. Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs (Exodus 7: 9-12).
What we see here is the presence of occult powers in high places, as is true even today. A common mistake by some is to deny the existence of the occult behind certain thrones or power centers, especially in instances where we find those putting on a genteel manner of social respectability. There are also those who through their education and confined exposure to the spirit realm of things, doubt the existence of occult powers. The reality is that in the world we live in the enemy is much at work. 1 Peter 5:8 says, “Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”
In this passage we see that while Pharaoh did release his snakes the staff God had placed in the hands of his messenger, Moses, was far greater and swallowed all. Here is the point. As believers we do have a far greater and mighty power to protect us from any attacks of the enemy. It is the blood of the lamb. As it is written, “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony...” (Revelation 12:11).
Today whatever snakes you may encounter from anywhere be assured that you have a far greater power than of the enemy. It is the blood of Jesus. As His word says, “call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me” (Psalm 50:15).
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, today I pray for protection from the attacks of the enemy by the blood of the lamb, this I pray in Jesus’name.
