KEY SCRIPTURE 2 Samuel 3:14” And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul’s son, saying, deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines “

 In chapter 3, the Bible spoke about the six sons of David. Each one had his own mother. In the key scripture, David requests that Michal be taken from her present husband and given to him. When he requested Michal, he meant he was going for wife number seven. David loved lots of women. Can you believe that when Abner came to him to assist him in reigning over the whole of Israel, David said, he should put that aside and then bring Michal to him as. wife, before the issue of the throne, could be discussed. Because of a woman, this reign, which nearly cost his life, was to be on hold. This was an area the devil was going to use to attack him and his kingdom. From the accounts of scripture, it does not appear he realized the love for many women was a problem and could seriously affect him. Why did David never become aware of this shortcoming? We learnt from his life that David always enquired of the Lord before taking any major step. Marrying a woman or a man is a very major step, and he should have enquired from the Spirit of the Lord before embarking on such a thing. There was no account from the scriptures that he sought the face of God before embarking on this venture.

Dear child of God, is there any area of your life that the Lord has no control over? Has the light of God not permeated some aspect of your life? Satan will only capitalize on that dark area of your life to pull you down. Make sure the Lord has perfect control over every aspect of your life.

The scripture teaches that Satan is like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Satan cannot lay hands on everybody. He always seeks one who has bowed to his ways. They are the people he can devour. Those who are yielded to the Lord are outside his radar or sphere of influence. Satan is not so powerful. Whoever he manages to subdue has sadly permitted him to do so. This is a very hard truth, but that is exactly how it is. This is the reason the Holy Spirit says that, if you want to be free from Satan’s grip, you must first submit to God. This means refuse every agreement or yieldedness that you have given to Satan. Then and only then can you successfully resist the devil for him to flee. (James 4:7)

  PRAYER

I pray that all children of God would always surrender fully to the Lord. Always making him first, the enemy would never have an advantage over them.

FURTHER STUDIES.

Jas 4:7 KJV” Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

Rom 6:16 KJV” Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”