[The Glory Unveiled]
She [the slave girl] kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her. ( Acts 16:18 )
The slave girl in the text of scripture above was demon possessed. She made predictions of the future with evil spirits. She had been following the apostle Paul and his team around. Making proclamations that she was not asked to make even if they seem true. Eve in the garden of Eden also tolerated the Serpent for far too long and before she could say “Jack”, she lost her position in the garden of God. Many other people lost their spiritual positions because they had tolerated the devil for too long. In Matthew 16:23, Jesus would have to rebuke the devil. Even though he (the devil) borrowed the mind of Jesus’ lead disciple, Peter, Jesus didn’t tolerate him nonetheless. The devil would go any length to steal what is yours if you allow him. The apostle Paul got to that point where he couldn’t tolerate the devil any longer. One thing is sure, if anyone gives the devil a footstool by tolerating his works and ideas, such a fellow will discover sooner rather than later that the devil had stolen and destroyed everything that is rightfully theirs and may even kill their desire for spiritual acquaintance with God. We need to grow tired of tolerating everything contrary to our inherent divine nature. Whatever the devil has been going around with us doing to undermine the word of God in our lives will cease when we grow tired of it. Stop the voice of the devil around you before it drowns the voice of God in you.
Prayer_Bead: Lord of glory and all power, let your voice swallow up every contrary utterance. Let it drown the speakings of the devil around me. In Jesus’ name.
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