MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 22/10/2021

FRIDAY - 22ND OCTOBER, 2021

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO

WHY YOU'RE ATTRACTIVE TO SATAN

Genesis 3:1, AMP:

"Now the serpent was more subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And he [Satan] said to the woman, Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat from every tree of the garden?"

You see, it is a certain behaviour or some enviable traits that God will see in you to be drawn to you. Do you know why God chose Jacob despite the fact that he was a supplanter? He loves the anointing. He cherishes the birthright. Esau rather was a despiser of holy things. What Jacob esteems, Esau disdains. For that reason, the blessing hits Jacob. God loves those who won't mind pursuing to have Him. He'll use and reside with them [Hebrews 12:16-17].

Satan likewise gets attracted to people on the basis of traits or behaviours that they have refused to prune themselves from. For example, if you're bossy, manipulating and stubborn, witchcraft will find you attractive to secure and use very well. If you continue to wish somebody evil and it becomes a habit until your thought is visible in the spirit, you will get to a place where a demon will be attracted to you to begin to grant your evil wishes to come to pass. So, you'll become powerful and satanically assisted. That's why you'll hear some say, "if i wish you evil, so shall it be!". Such needs deliverance. However, something in their lives was what attracted Satan to them. Nothing is causeless. 

In today's reading, Satan is said to be more crafty than all other wild animals. It means, "other wild animals are crafty but the serpent is craftier." Now, this trait didn't work in its favour at all. You know, in a class of some students, we may have one who is the most brilliant and because of that, he could be nominated to represent the school in competitions. The school gets attracted to him because of the brilliance he exhibits above others. So also, the devil, cultists, poverty, death, sickness, diseases, failure etc are generally gravitating towards people that have what they need to stay in their lives. That reminds me of how Jesus was inspected yet without anything of Satan found in Him. So, He couldn't be detained or found a useful material. 

If you look at today's verse, it says, "The serpent was more crafty than other beats." Did you see journeying there? It was not a day he became craftier. It took awhile. He grew in craftiness just like you can grow in your gift until you begin to manifest it at a very high level and draw all kind of men to God and yourself.  When the serpent was just crafty, it didn't attract Satan but when it became craftier [gotten to an enviable level] where it shows cunningness, brutality etc, Satan stepped in. Satan must have said, "the like of you I seek to partner with."

God is bringing a warning to all those who seems to have something but have more of it. It may be gift that you're extremely blessed with. Just know that both God and Satan will seek you. Since you have it really well, they'll both want to leverage on you and use you. Have you asked why the devil didn't enter into any other animal? It was because by their own nature, inclination, behaviour and act, they didn't make provision for him. They did not tend towards places where they'll make it comfortable for Satan to say, "this is a perfect host to indwell." He exhibits all the characteristics of a potential robber, scammer or prostitute. 

God wants you to try as much as possible to begin to prune yourself of negative behaviours as you go. You see, the devil can't enter into your life except there's an handle to climb by. If there's no crack in the wall, will the lizard enter? As simple as a behaviour or character of yours may seem to you, it is a flood gate to the devil to employ you as a useful instrument. A little chink in the armour allows the arrow. 

The snake at creation was created with craftiness just like other animals but the serpent allowed its own to flower and flourish until that becomes a leverage for the devil to indwell and use. When the devil was looking for body to indwell, he saw that one has been made ready for his use. He saw that one has been stimulated to welcome him. He saw that one has the right heart conditions that it takes to be devilish and act like a smart guy that won't be caught. 

God doesn't want you be the "odd one out." God doesn't want you to exhibit abnormality. He wants you to be kept in a confine where Satan can't find you as a host to use. I pray that you won't be sweet to Satan. All things in you strengthening Satan's arm over you is broken. Behaviour, traits, flairs, desires, inclinations etc that will open you to Satan are all wiped off in Jesus name. 

PRAYER: Lord, may I not break the confine that will expose me to the devil. All seeds that makes me good looking to the devil are consumed.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 37:1-38:28, 1 Timothy 6:1-21, Psalm 89:38-52, Proverbs 25:28

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