IT
PAYS TO LIVE HOLY II
Memorise
For
I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the
glory in the midst of her.
Zechariah 2:5
Read
Job 1:8-10
1:8 And the
LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none
like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and
escheweth evil?
1:9 Then
Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
1:10 Hast not
thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath
on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is
increased in the land.
MESSAGE
Everybody in this world wants to be secure. Witchcraft
is prospering because people feel insecure and they are looking for security
from any available source. The unfortunate thing is that, looking for security
from the forces of darkness is looking for security from the very person who
wants to destroy you. Those who are living a holy life have the protection of
the Lord Almighty. This is because God has built a hedge around them. In Job
1:9-10, the Bible tells us that God had put a hedge around Job and his
household. God put a hedge around Job because he served Him. Job got into the
predicament that befell him because God wanted to prove a point to Satan.
Around every holy child of God, there is an unseen wall. Satan cannot pass
through this wall because it is made of fire. The Bible in Zechariah 2:5 says,
“For
I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the
glory in the midst of her.”
Satan knows that he is going to end up in the Lake
of fire. He is therefore not very anxious to taste this fire yet, so when he
sees anybody who is surrounded by this fire, he keeps his distance.
God has made so many promises to those that are
holy. Psalm 91 contains classical examples of these promises. You cannot abide
in the secret place of the Most High without being holy. Without being holy,
God’s promises cannot be yours. The fire of the Almighty God is so hot that
when it surrounds you, the fire of this world will make way for you to pass. We
have a good example in Daniel 3:24-28, where Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
were put in the fiery furnace. Their experience confirms what the scripture
says concerning the holy in Isaiah 43:2:
“When
thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers,
they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt
not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”
There is however one thing that can remove the
security covering from you. This is sin. Whenever you sin, you create a barrier
between you and God. It is therefore dangerous to sin, not even for once
because you may not be able to recover from the devastating effect of the
ensuing satanic attack in the course of your backsliding. I pray that your fire
will not go out in Jesus’ Name.
Prayer
Point
Father, whatever will take away your banner of
protection over my life, withhold me from such from now on.
BIBLE
IN ONE YEAR
Acts 27-28
Song of Solomon 8:8-14
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