Daily Devotional
Attacking The Church
Text: Numbers 14:4
“And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.”
Message
Attacking the church, the Body of Christ takes many forms. It could be an attack on her leader, as found in today’s text. It can be an attack on a member, church policies and doctrine, etc.
The underlying cause for attacks on the church differs and is sometimes similar. But whatever it is, it is handing over ones life to Satan.
The worst attack is leaving the church and drawing others out or bad mouthing the church, its leaders, or members. Doing any of these is fouling your source of spiritual support and strength. It is handing over your life and that of your co-conspirator to Satan. Of course, Satan will welcome you as your chicken has come home to roast. Like a dog, you will eat your vomit or excreta sooner than later.
Many that attacked the church never live to repent as they lost their lives in the process. Some incurred a flying curse upon their generation.
Some are lucky to have a chance to retrace their steps but not without a bruise or multiple marks by Satan, the accuser of brethren!
A story was told of a sister. She left her church about eighteen years ago, and efforts to reach her failed.
Later, she stood on the altar to share her story.
According to her, eighteen years ago, her son was just about a year old. They came to Church that faithful Sunday morning, and her son started to cry in Church, and the next thing she heard from the Pastor was, “Take that baby outside.”
She said she was very angry and got up from where she was seated at the back, with her child clutched to her chest, hissed, and walked out. She started attending another church.
But as her son began to grow, he became very unruly and strange. From Junior School 3, he went into drugs and finally left the house when he was about to write his WASCE. Every effort to rehabilitate him failed.
She said that one day, she was asking God where everything went wrong, and the Holy Spirit began to bring her down the memory lane.
The Holy Spirit said, ” Do you remember the day you walked out of a service because you were told to take your child out? Your child was disturbing a whole service, and you didn’t see anything wrong in that, but instead, you hissed and walked out in anger and left.”
“You know the pastor did not see you , nor did he hear that you hissed, but I heard. Now go back to the same Church. That is your place, and your son will be restored.”
She said, “I have come back fully to the house.”
“The second Sunday I came, by the time I got back to the house, my son was at the gate looking unkempt but sober. I was scared. I called my younger brother in case he tried to attack me. But he prostrated, asking me to forgive him. I couldn’t believe it. He has since been taken to a rehab for proper.”
Truth be told, we must be careful how we handle issues in the house of God.
If the sister went for a secular conference or seminar and her child was disturbing, no one would have to tell her to leave the hall before she did!
We must keep asking ourselves this question; the things I do in Church will I do it elsewhere?
Many throw used pampers all around the Church compound, fighting the Sunday School Teachers for correcting their children, refusing to allow your children to stay in the children Church because the other children are “low class?”
Don’t play into the hands of Satan. The Church to me is the last and besr place of correction.
Getting angry with righteous instructions is not healthy for any of us.
Be sober and vigilant. The devil is going about seeking who to devour.
You will not be devoured. Your children will not be devoured in Jesus’ name.
Amen.