Topic: GET RID OF THE AMALEKITES
Memorise: And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee:
for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not
that thy whole body should be cast into hell. Matthew 5:29
Read: 1st Samuel 15:1-3, Bible in one year: 1st Kings
8:12-66, Luke 2:41-3:6
Who or what is an Amalekite? An Amalekite is a symbolic representation
of whosoever or whatsoever stands as an enemy of God or His plan. In our Bible
reading, God opened the book of remembrance to the page where the wickedness of
the Amalekites against His chosen people was recorded. 1st Samuel
15:2 says:
“Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that
which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came
up from Egypt.”
This should serve as a warning to whoever takes pleasure in doing
wickedness to desist from it, because every deed has its divine recompense.
Also, it should serve as a pointer to all children of God that they have a
responsibility to identify and get rid of anyone or anything that provokes
their Heavenly Father to wrath.
The Lord commanded King Saul to go and get rid of the wicked
Amalekites, who opposed His goodwill to Israel, and that he should spare
nothing and no one. Unfortunately, the calamity of disobedience struck, and God
got rid of King Saul for failing to get rid of His enemies. In like manner, the
Almighty had earlier commanded Pharaoh to let His people go so that they may
serve Him, but after Pharaoh refused, God got rid of him. I pray for you today,
that those who are opposed to the good plans of God for your life will be
destroyed in Jesus’ Name.
Just as God sent Saul to destroy all the Amalekites, God is telling all
His children today to destroy every symbolic Amalekite in their lives. The
Bible in Ephesians 5:3-4 says:
“But fornication, and all uncleanness, or
covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither
filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but
rather giving of thanks.”
As children of God, we must know that there are things that men do
which provoke God to anger. A good child of God will not do what annoys the
Father. This is why Jesus in today’s memory verse said that if your right eye
would make you sin, you should pluck it out. It is that serious. I pray for
God’s grace to help you today to get rid of whatever will make the Father
reject you like He rejected Saul, in Jesus’ Name.
Action Point: Carry out an examination today to see if anything the Bible considers
an abomination before God is present to your life. If you find any, get rid of
them without further delay.
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