TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL (SUNDAY 20TH June 2021)
“And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the Lord of hosts;
And all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” Says the Lord of hosts.” Malachi 3:11-12 NKJV
WELCOME TO THE 171ST DAY OF OUR YEAR OF HIGHER HEIGHTS.
It is another glorious day from the LORD, and we shall rejoice and be glad in it. God has been faithful and kind to us all. He has never allowed the enemy to rejoice over us and has kept us from the evil plans of the wicked. To Him belong all the glory.
Yes, our God has the history of frustrating the plans of the wicked against His own and making sure the evidence of liars does not stand against them. The Bible says;
“Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; Isaiah 44:24-25 KJV
No one can be compared with Him in redeeming those He formed in their mother’s wombs. No one can be compared to Him in stretching forth His arm to frustrate the tokens of the liars and making diviners mad. Yes, none can stand with against Him when he moves to turn the wisdom of wise men backward and make their knowledge foolish.
Our lives are proofs of His faithfulness and marvelous deeds. He is our security! We trust no man! He is the reason we are here. If He close His eyes, we will be gone. But thank God, He is does not sleep nor slumber. David said;
“Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.
The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.” Psalm 121:4-8 NKJV
If you look at our lives, you will see this scripture in demonstration.
God have been speaking to us from the book OVERCOMING WITCHCRAFT BY THE GREATNESS OF GOD’S POWER. It has been really a journey and this morning we will be wrapping up the journey with few other excerpts from the book. We will encourage you to get the book and complete the journey.
DEFEATING WITCHCRAFT ATTACKS ON YOUR FINANCES
“And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the Lord of hosts;
And all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” Says the Lord of hosts.” Malachi 3:11-12 NKJV
One of the most sensitive aspects of life that witchcraft crashes down in the life of men is the financial aspect of life. We are highlighting this aspect in this chapter because of how sensitive it is. In defeating witchcraft in one’s financial life, there are spiritual technicalities involved that must be understood. That is why we singled out this aspect of life to talk about.
Besides, the financial aspect of life was the first aspect of life that went down after the spiritual aspect, after Adam was dismissed from the garden. That is the first part of your life that will go down whenever witchcraft comes against you. And that is the first part that will be restored, after your spiritual life, when you start returning to God. God said to Adam (mankind);
Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life.
Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, and you shall eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:17-19 NKJV
The scripture above described how a man’s economic life will look like when he comes under witchcraft attack.
When Adam was in the Garden, there was no toiling, neither was the ground cursed for his sake. He was under the glory, and in the glory there is no time for things to grow. Hence, there was no toiling and waiting in vain. Good things just grew! So, as soon as you throw a seed to the ground it grows immediately.
THE GROUND WAS ACTUALLY BLESSED FOR HIS SAKE.
We can only proper when things are blessed for our sake. When the Bible says something is blessed for your sake, it means even when it was not working, as soon as you get there it will begin to work because of you. That was how the house of Laban prospered for Jacob’s sake. The word says;
And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my country.
Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service which I have done for you.”
And Laban said to him, “Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake.”
Then he said, “Name me your wages, and I will give it.” Genesis 30:25-28 NKJV
There was one other Bible Character that got to the house of another and it began to prosper for his sake. His name was Joseph. The Bible says;
“The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did to prosper in his hand. So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put under his authority.” Genesis 39:2-4 NKJV
When God said, to Adam “CURSED IS THE GROUND FOR YOUR SAKE” it means the ground was previously blessed for his sake. That is why I tell people, sometimes the problem is not where we are working. Yes, the problem is not always with the ground but with the person standing on it.
If you are carrying the glory, things will be blessed for your sake! Companies that are shut down will reopened for your sake. Things that are not working will begin to work for your sake. But when you come under witchcraft attacks, the story will be the opposite.
THINGS THAT WERE BLESSED WILL BECOME CURSED FOR YOUR SAKE!
Your economic life will just shut down completely and life will be difficult. The opposite of what ever happened through Jacob and Joseph will be happening in your life wherever you go.
The first thing therefore that witchcraft attacks in your finances is not your business but you as a person. It will attack your spiritual life with sin, iniquity or trespass so that it can attack any other aspect of your life.
In other words, before any attack reaches your business or place of economic sustenance, it will reach you first. That is why God said He will rebuke the devourers for our sake and that they will not destroy the fruit of our ground.
Don’t forget, in the days of the Bible that scripture was referring to the farms produce of the nation of Israel, today it is referring to something deeper. The fruit of the ground is mankind (you and I). The Bible says;
“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” Genesis 2:7 NKJV
Our earthly part came from the ground but our eternal part came from God.
When devourers come against the fruit of our ground, they will descend upon us (especially, our eternal part). It is when they have touched us successfully that the result will reflect on the works of our hands. To defeat witchcraft attacks on your finances you must understand this mystery.
When you understand that you are the fruit of the ground that witchcraft touches first to be able to shut down your finances, you will not take someone to your business place to pray and receive some money. You will make the right decisions.
Taking someone there to pray may bring a temporary relieve but the permanent one comes when you are personally visited by the LORD – when devourers are rebuked from your life – the fruit of the ground.
NOTE:
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