One Crack In The Door

Joshua 16: 10 They did not drive the Canaanites out of Gezer, however, so the people of Gezer live as slaves among the people of Ephraim to this day.

All a snake needs is a crack in the door to get to some warm cozy place. A serpent can get through one cracked window, one small opening to get where he wants to go. Israel did not drive out the Canaanites out of Gezer. It would bring heartache and grief to their future.

God has created a plan of victory for each of us. Satan is always looking for some opening to come in and make havoc of our lives. He wants us to believe that it's okay to live with anger, bitterness, unforgiveness, or a tongue that feeds on gossiping about others.

My wife wouldn't settle to go on to bed knowing a rattlesnake is in the house, we would leave the house and check into a hotel for the night until we knew the rattlesnake was dead. If we are to live a life of joy and peace and purpose, we must mortify or put to death the deeds of the flesh.

If you live after the flesh you will die, if you mortify the deeds of the body you shall live. (Romans 8) Ephraim was content to allow the Canaanites to stay in their place and live among them.

Have you gotten content with your habit of greed, or stealing from your boss? Have you said; "Nobody is going to find out about the affair, my hate and bitterness towards my neighbor?" Friend God already knows what's in your heart.

Who shall ascend unto the hill of the Lord, or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands and pure heart. (Psalm 23:3,4) God sees all and knows all. What's the saying; "Give them an inch and they'll take a mile." The expression is in reference to I gave them the car for a day and they have been gone for a week. If you allow the devil a place in your life, He will ultimately destroy your life.

God comes to each of us through His Holy Spirit, and He will use a blog, a devotion, a message from your pastor, or a podcast from a unknown speaker. God is interested in you making heaven your home. He loves you so much that He doesn't want any of us getting bit with the poison of the serpent. The thief is out to kill you. If he can just get in your house, maybe you will get content living with vices in your life.

Today drawl the line in the sand and say enough is enough. Slay the intruder of sin and iniquity. Refuse to settle for less than God's best for your life. Today say; "Anger you will not have dominion in my life. Refuse to allow bitterness, pornography, jealousy, unforgiveness, lying, stealing from your employer to continue.

Let us lay aside every weight and the sin that doth so easily beset us.(Hebrews 12:1b) You can't imagine the freedom there is in living victorious over sin. God has already provided the weapons for each of us to slay the things that is out to destroy us. Go ahead; claim today "No weapon formed against me shall prosper." (Isaiah 54:17)

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