Title:SANTAN TARGET THE HOLY
Memorise:
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex
certain of the church. Acts 12:1
Bible
Text: Acts 6:8-15, Bible in one year: 1st Chronicles 17:19, Luke
17:20-18:8
Holiness
is very necessary for anyone who wants to fulfil destiny and make it to Heaven.
Holiness also makes God to hide you in His bosom (Psalm 91:4). In other words,
holiness provides a cover for the holy, whereas sin exposes the sinner. Sin
exposes the one who commits it to shame, disgrace and pain, and it makes the
sinner vulnerable to the attacks of the enemy. When you combine holiness with
being a vessel of honour, you become doubly precious to God. You become like a
delicate egg in His hands. This is why Psalm 103:13-14 says God will treat such
a vessel with lots of care,
remembering how weak and fragile he or she is. From
today, the Lord will treat you with special care. You will be special to God
and He will hide you in His love in Jesus’ Name.
Moreover,
as an instrument of honour, never rest on your oars. Whatever level you may be
on presently, you have only started; you have not yet attained the heights that
God is taking you to. If you think that you have already arrived with respect
to Kingdom tasks, you may attract unwanted things to yourself. Note however
that the more God uses you, the more you will be of interest to the kingdom of
Satan. Satan never wants any believer in Christ to end up in Heaven; so he will
do all he can to stop you. Take Peter for instance: he loved Jesus so much that
he vowed never to deny Him. This he said in spite of what Jesus had foretold
would happen (Matthew 26:34-35). Satan saw Peter as a vessel of honour in God’s
hands and immediately marked him out as a target. He did everything possible to
being him down, but Jesus prayed for him and he overcome.
Similarly,
Satan picked on another vessel of honour – Stephen. Stephen was holy, full of
faith and full of Holy Spirit. He was also full of wisdom and was used to
perform mighty signs and wonders in the early Church. Satan therefore stirred
up serious opposition against Stephen, but he overcome them. When this failed,
the enemies connived and brought false witnesses to lie against him. Satan
never keeps to any rule of decency when he fights. He fights dirty. He kept
working at it until he got Stephen killed (Acts 7:56-60). But unknown to him,
when he thought he had won the battle, his chief vessel of persecution, Saul,
was arrested by God and did even far greater works for God than Stephen did. In
the end, the devil regretted his action. He wished he had left Stephen alone to
have been spared the immense irrecoverable losses he got from his ex-loyal
fanatic –Paul.
Action
Point: Pray that every target of Satan in your local church be protected from
falling.
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