FAITH CAPSULE: The devil will not shy from attempting you, but failure is his portion.

Matthew 6:25-34, Luke 10:38-42

Heaviness is a spirit and one of devil’s strategies to terminate man from the journey of life. Inhabited in the spirit of heaviness are: worry, trouble, concern, anxiety and many more. The devil is stubborn and never shy to attempt man. Although his attempt is not a guarantee to terminate you, he will not stop looking for opportune times to try. Once, he attempted Jesus but failed. In the devil’s failure, the Bible records, “Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time.” (Luke 4:13) The point here is that the devil will not shy from attempting you, but failure is his portion. Is heaviness having a place in you without your knowing? Could be that you have invited Jesus into your house but do not know that heaviness agents are at work. Martha invited Jesus into her house, but then agents of heaviness were also in disguise as guests. The Bible records that Martha welcomed Jesus into her house. (Luke 10:39) While Jesus was in the house, Martha was overwhelmingly distracted and had to take her complaint to Jesus.  She said, “…Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.” (Luke 10:40) Martha welcomed Jesus into the house while forces of heaviness were also active in the house. Does this sound like you? Jesus, the Lord of all, knows all and He identified the problem of Martha with the response, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.”(Luke 10:41) In Martha’s helping and operating as one that enjoyed serving the Lord and Savior, worry and trouble, the avenue for heaviness, was at work in Martha’s (house) life. Can you carefully examine yourself, identify and deny the silent agent of the spirit of heaviness in your life. If Martha, with Jesus in the house, could be trapped, not even your title in the church would be enough for you to take a cover from the spirit of heaviness. It does not matter what your concern or worry is because Jesus said not to worry about your life or about anything because with worrying, heaviness will have its place. Heaviness will derail the flow of fellowship at every given time you have given yourself to it. Heaviness will not announce itself before or during his visitation because it is the character of the thief that has come to steal, kill and to destroy. Listen to the Word of God from Paul, the apostle, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7)

Prayer for today: Deliver me O Lord from every spirit of heaviness.