THE STINGER!
Jeremiah 17:9 – The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (KJV)
Read: Romans 12:20
At a river bank, a scorpion asked a water turtle to carry it across the river. “Do you think I’m stupid? You will sting me along the way, and I will drown”, exclaimed the turtle. The scorpion laughed and said, “If I were to sting you, you would drown, and I would go down with you. What is the logic in that?” “You’re right! Let’s go”, said the harmless turtle.
The scorpion climbed aboard the turtle’s back, and halfway through the river, it gave the water turtle a mighty sting! As they both sank to the bottom of the river, the turtle angrily said, “You said there would be no sense in stinging me. Why did you do it?” “It has nothing to do with sense. It is just in my character to sting.” the scorpion replied.
Beloved, this story describes the heart of an ungodly person. As seen in today’s Bible text, regardless of how good you are to people, if they have not genuinely died to flesh, their instinct would be to prick you and pull you down. This could manifest as betrayal, stealing, gossiping, backbiting, cheating, or keeping malice. Therefore, as a child of God, you ought to be sensitive. When people attack you, don’t stop loving and praying for them. They will soon discover that evil never wins and that you have God as your backbone.
PRAYER
Song: Order My Steps — The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir (1996)
1. Father, if I’m a scorpion, please forgive me and create in me a clean heart.
2. Lord Jesus! Deliver me from the known or secret enemy and give me discernment!
(MIDNIGHT PRAYER)
1. Father, encourage every doer of the good to continue despite the opposition.
2. Father, please strengthen all who are weak in times of trouble.
3. Jehovah, the Lord of Hosts, slay the army of destruction unleashed against me, my household, and the Church.
SPEND TIME PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST
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