FAITH CAPSULE: Making wrong decision is an avenue for enemy to invest in man.
2 Samuel 11:1-22
Sleeping in the place of waiting and watching is an open invitation for the enemy to invade and sow evil. Among ways of sleeping and allowing the enemy to sow in our lives is: Making a wrong decision and engaging a wrong company. Are you on the verge of making a wrong decision or engaging or embracing wrong ones?
Making a wrong decision in the place of right decision opens a door for enemy to sow evil. King David made a wrong decision by not going out to battle field at the time when kings go out to battle. The bible recorded that David sent Joab and his servants with him. David’s decision not to go to war opened the door for enemy to sow in him that which caused him to sin against God. David, being in the right place at the wrong time, arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. It was during his walk on the roof that he saw a Bathsheba the wife of Uriah the Hittite bathing. David sent and inquired about Bathsheba and lay with her. (2 Samuel 11:2-5) Bathsheba conceived for David while her husband was at the battle field. As the seed of wickedness grew in David, David went forward to set up Uriah for untimely death. Uriah got killed at the battle field because of king David’s set up and it all counted as sin against David. As a result of his seed of sin he could not fully recover from the consequence of his sin. Making a wrong decision is same as sleeping where there is need to be awake. David allowed the enemy to sow wickedness in him.
Engaging a wrong at the wrong time is also an avenue for enemy to gain access to sow what is wrong in man’s life. It was a good thing for Jehoshaphat the king of Judah to visit the king of Israel. However, it was not a good thing for Jehoshaphat to join with Ahab king of Israel in a battle against king of Syria after having been warned by God’s prophet not to go to war. To avoid enemy from sowing wrong, Ahab, a king that will not listen to prophet of God is not the king for Jehoshaphat to align with. (1 Kings 22) Jehoshaphat could have died in the war just like Ahab because it was not a war they should have engaged by virtue of God’s warning. Jehoshaphat’s and Ahab’s going to war is allowing the enemy to sow wrong in their life. It was a seed of untimely death for Ahab while Jehoshaphat escaped death. Disengage your Ahab and not be a victim the wicked one. Every right decision will keep you awake.
Prayer for today: Ask for the mercy of God to keep you from embracing any wrong.