SATURDAY - 18TH JANUARY, 2025
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
THE SECOND CELIBATE - Fitted For A Manner Of Life Series 005
Matthew 19:12, KJV
"For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it."
Today, we continue Jesus' teaching. He says, "except those to whom it is given." We already identified those to whom it is given and the second in that category are THOSE MADE EUNUCHS BY MEN.
What have we done to ourselves? What has our selfish desires done to us? What has greed turned us into? It has changed hearts of flesh to stone and made humans beasts. Since ancient times, men have devised means of keeping themselves in power and others in subjection to himself. Castration or emasculation is a typical example. No free man is usually castrated but slaves are. It's a painful process and we know that animals are also often castrated. Once a male animal is castrated, on the long run, it is a bye-bye to sex. If that however is still retained due to learned patterns or social cues, we sure know such animal cannot impregnate a mate due to the absence of testosterone. After such castration however, he might be seen developing more rapidly in stature. That's why animals are castrated. It could also be for the curtailing of population.
So also is human! He could be castrated. Down the line of history and even in the Bible, we have litterings of castrated people. Do you remember the Ethiopian eunuch that Philip baptized? He travelled all the way from Africa to Jerusalem (which was not so separated in those days anyway). He is a castrated or emasculated one whose penis and testicles might have been removed all together. According to Chambers English Dictionary, 10th Edition, to be castrated means, "to deprive of the power of generation; to remove the testicles from, to geld or emasculate, to render powerless, lacking an impact etc."
Do you know why he was castrated? So he might serve with focus and loyalty. Since we were told he also served under Candance, queen of the Ethiopians; that might be a necessity for his castration.
Acts 8:27, KJV
"And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship."
If you'll remember Esther and others who entered a beauty contest at the palace with her, you'll clearly recall that they were all placed under the custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch and women keeper. Do you know why he was left to those ladies without any looking back? What is harmful in him has been removed! He is as harmless as those ladies he's to serve. The king in his wisdom didn't post any male to their courts who has not first being castrated.
Did you see human greed and selfishness? In the bid to have certain people for yourself only, you castrate others who are threatening or could post threat. Castrating is disarming we humans of what we're capable of. That's why one of our dictionary definition says, "to render powerless or ineffectual."
Zombie men therefore results! If you like, you can call them ladies as well. For they are ladies after castration though we know they are male by sex but who have been castrated. "Ladies" in the sense that they have been disarmed.
These are those made eunuchs by men as sponsored by our mistrust and human experience we've had in this world down the line. They are the second set of people who can cope with celibacy like a fish in the water finds it easier and normal living in the water. That makes it their call because they've been subjected to it. It has been forced on them also and since they have no choice, it is that life of 'impotence' they'll now live. To such male men where they still be all over the world, they don't struggle with celibacy. They were castrated just to focus them for same purpose. You know, to wean them of the pursuit of women and other worldly desires and focus them on their 'calling' and the purpose of their castration which is to serve loyally as attendants.
PRAYER: Lord, help me to maintain my focus and chase this year.
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Matthew 13:1-23 & Genesis 42-43
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