April 25                                                Luke 18 - 21

WHY THIS SIEGE?

MEMORISE: 'Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.' (Ps 107:17)
READ: Deuteronomy 28:15, 49-53

The principal reason for allowing a siege in the life of a believer, a family, a community or even a nation is sin. The scripture says; 'Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people.' From our reading, God is warning his children that if they do not completely obey him, he will permit the enemy to put them under siege. If you can listen, you will hear God warning. He hardly does anything unpleasant without first warning the person affected. Many times, we are too pre-occupied to hear him. We either operate on a different frequency or we do not consider his voice worthy of urgent attention. 'Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted' (Ps 107:17).

Romans I speak of some people who willingly allowed themselves to drift from the truth into error. They began to worship images and animals as God. At a point, god gave them up to vice and in the process they brought a siege upon their health Verse27 says: 'And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.'

What the scripture is saying here is that HIV/Aids is a siege on the health of homosexuals which will force them to live constrained until, except by God's intervention, they die prematurely and destroy God's plan for their lives on earth. Many people think they can disobey or rebel against God's word and go scot -free. What a deception! Anyone who breaks God's word will sooner or later be broken by the same word. The scripture calls Jesus the rock of offence - and when the rock falls upon anyone he or she ground into power!

Thank God for the blood of Jesus, which is still flowing today. Has your life been caged? Has your progress been retarded due to sin? Fall on your face now and repent and reconcile with God. Make the necessary restitution so that the negative effect of your sin can be removed.

ACTION POINT
Has sin brought any siege upon your life? Ask God to forgive you.
Then arise and destroy every siege against your spiritual and financial successes.