{"id":6975,"date":"2017-07-11T12:25:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T12:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=6975"},"modified":"2017-07-11T12:25:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T12:25:26","slug":"do-not-open-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=6975","title":{"rendered":"DO NOT OPEN UP!"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong> Disobedient to the word of God is opening door for the enemy of God.<\/p>\n

Daniel 16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When Angel of the Lord appeared to the mother of Samson he gave instructions, \u201c\u2026Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean. For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.\u201d (Daniel 13:3-5)<\/em><\/strong> Evidently, as a Nazarite, Samson was not supposed to cut off his hair. Supposedly Samson\u2019s hair was the source of his power. He was set apart from birth for his divinely appointed mission, but his disability for full compliance with instructions is an indication of disobedience.
\nSamson was to be a Nazarite, but violated all stipulations of a Nazarite-among which was not to cut his hair. Samson because of what he liked, he did what God disliked when he revealed the secret of God upon his life to Delilah. The Bible recorded, \u201c\u2026he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, \u201cEntice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.\u201d So Delilah said to Samson, \u201cPlease tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.\u201d\u201d (Judges 16:4 -6)<\/em><\/strong> Samson\u2019s infatuation with Delilah led him to his disobedience. What is leading you to disobey God\u2019s word?
\nAfter Delilah had successfully shaved off Samson\u2019s hair (which resulted in him losing his strength), she called the Philistines on him, \u201c\u2026So he awoke from his sleep, and said, \u201cI will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!\u201d But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him. Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison.\u201d (Judges 16:20-21)<\/em><\/strong> Samson failed before God. His failure that demonstrated a clear disobedient to God\u2019s instruction was his departure from God. There are so many back doors that are available for the enemy to come into man\u2019s life. However, none of it is open until sin takes residence in man\u2019s lives. With sin, we become vulnerable to the enemy; our back doors become open for the enemy, thus making us vulnerable to him. The Bible makes it clear that, \u201cEvil pursues sinners\u2026\u201d (Proverbs 13:21)<\/em><\/strong> It does not matter how diligently you seek God, do not disobey God\u2019s instruction but close up your door always. A dislike for instruction is the evidence of hating knowledge.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Prayer for today:<\/strong> Ask for the grace to keep you from opening door for the enemy of your life.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE: Disobedient to the word of God is opening door for the enemy of God. Daniel 16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When Angel of the Lord appeared to the mother of Samson he gave instructions, \u201c\u2026Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. Now therefore, please be careful … Continue reading DO NOT OPEN UP!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6976,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6975\/revisions\/6976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}