MI Daily Devotion: The Devil is the Taskmasters for Oppression and De...

MI Daily Devotion: The Devil is the Taskmasters for Oppression and De...: “ And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmas...

The Devil is the Taskmasters for Oppression and Destruction

“And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;” (Exodus 3:7 KJV)

The devil is our taskmasters indeed. He will send sorrows and unnecessary burdens to us. “And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.” (Exodus 3:7; 2:23) The devil has all the power to oppress us, and if given the opportunity he will totally destroy us. The life of the Hebrews during the times of Moses is a picture of the life of Christians who are being oppressed by the enemy. The Scripture says; “Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.” (Exodus 3:9 KJV)

What does it mean to be oppressed? It would meant, that you will experience a spiritual battle against the devil. The believers are the devil’s target for obsession, and then oppression. But we can’t be possessed by the devil. And not even be re- possessed by the devil. (Ephesians 6:10-18) We can have victory in the Lord Jesus Christ. His precious blood and the rebuke in the name of Jesus and by the blood of the Lamb will cause the devil to depart from you. The Bible says; “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.” (Revelation 12:11 KJV)

MI Daily Devotion: The Center of "My" PrIde is "I"

MI Daily Devotion: The Center of "My" PrIde is "I": “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his h...

The Center of "My" PrIde is "I"

“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” (Genesis 3:15 KJV)

Satan was already defeated even before the world came into motion. God throw him off from heaven, and was humiliated after pride was found in his heart. (Isaiah 14:12-19) There are people from different walks of life who were humbled by God because of pride. Some of the proud kings, presidents, the politicians, and the common people were humbled by the Lord in different ways. The center of pride- “I”. My money, my life, I’m number 1, me first… It should be God first, my family second, my church or ministry, and others...

The devil has not changed from the fall of man in the Garden of Eden up to the present. He catered to man through the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. It’s very clear in the Scriptures; “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” (I John 2:16 KJV) God knows your struggles and the temptation that you’re going through every day. May be it’s a temptation that had been going on for years, for months or just for days or for a moment; but one thing for sure, it’s from the same source and it serve the same purpose- to destroy you. But the good news is that we have the same Christ who went through the same temptation, and we will have the same resolution to the problem- the power of God, His Holy Spirit, and the power of the blood of the Lamb.

In Genesis 2: 15-17 it says; “15- And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.16- And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17- But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

God is on the Top of Everything!

"There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee." (Joshua 1:5 KJV)

The conflict in the Middle East and the oppression the nation Israel are experiencing right now are part of the fulfillment of what God said in the Bible. In this verse (Joshua 1:5), the Lord knows that the nation Israel will surely be persecuted and oppress.

At the end of the day, God will always be there on the top of the circumstances. He is on the top of your career, on the top of your life, on the top of your success and will always be on the top of everything . He is even on the top of your circumstances and your enemy- the devil. I love the encouraging words of God to Joshua after the death of Moses.- "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." (Joshua 1: 9 KJV) 

Family Oriented...

Family Oriented...

"And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." (Joshua 24:15 KJV)

The Failure of Many Pastors

They have succeeded in their field of ministry, but failed their family by not being there when they needed him. Some pastors are shepherding a huge congregation, but failed to shepherd their own flocks at home. "But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel." (1 Timothy 5:8 KJV)

The Failure in the Society

One of the reasons why we have dysfunctional society because of  dysfunctional homes. 

The Failure in Many Churches

Many churches have all kinds of programs, but failed to organized or start a program on how to have a strong family ties. How to have a Christ centered home. How to build a home where love is in the center and the passion of every family members. (John 15:4- 5)

The Failure at Work

Some employees will come to work with truckload of baggage from home, no wonder many of our workplaces have relational and attitude issues.

We need to come home and refresh. "And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward." (1 Kings 13:7 KJV)

Do You Strictly Use Proper Diet or You Just Eat to Die?

"Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof." (Ezekiel 4:9 KJV)

Diet and food supplements are a million  dollars business in the United States of America. People eat everything that they think would make them look good. I believe everything must be balance. God gave us this life and we must take care of it. We must love ourselves unselfishly by taking care of our bodies for His honor and glory. It's a grief, a problem, a weight that they carried in their minds; but to some, it's something they don't worry at anytime. Job said; "Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!" (Job 6:2 KJV)

It would be nice if people with problems in diet will consider what Job said; "A false balance is abomination to the Lord : but a just weight is his delight." (Proverbs 11:1 KJV)