TWO DIFFERENT HOUSES (1)

During my first stint staying away from home, I had free accommodation with some other young men in the University. It was the home of a late relative of ours in their hometown- a very large house. I was the first to arrive. While settling down and putting my things in place, I stumbled on a pack of condoms, empty bottles of alcoholic drinks and a stack of X-rated video discs.

I closed that drawer and left it all there. I felt it was none of my business. Months down the line, I was a mere “once-in-a-while” churchgoer. I was already pretending to be different but sneaking to watch the X-rated movies when no one was around. I was saved by the teeth because I would have been drawn into all the other vices too- drunkenness and fornication.

What are the lessons from this first house?

If I were the landlord of the space, I would have cleared out all the strange things from day one, but I could not because I did not have the power or authority to. Until you acknowledge the Lordship of Christ, sin will persist in your life. Even the devil will operate freely in your space. He is either Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all.

I could not take charge because the space was not totally mine. If you do not hand over everything to Christ also and you hold back on certain areas of your life, it will be a struggle between great decisions and ungodly passions.

Whatever you do not deal with decisively will eventually become a snare to your soul. When it is sin, deal with it brutally. Whatever you permit around you becomes a trap to your soul. If you permit it, you will be entangled by it. If you keep giving excuses for it, you will soon be encumbered by it. You do not leave a seed in the ground when you do not desire to see the harvest. If you leave the seed, the harvest will come.

Do you know a man without the spirit of God is mere dust? That is the life of a sinner. But do you know the end of this “mere dust”? He is food for the serpent (the devil).

Genesis 3:14 NKJV

So, the LORD God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

Isaiah 65:25 KJV

“….and dust shall be the serpent's meat”

Any man who has not acknowledged the Lordship of Christ is mere food for the devil. It is legal.

What are the things in your life that are hindering His Lordship? What sins are you tolerating? What are you giving excuses for?

temilOluwa Ola, Eruwa