While Men Slept

It is not the desire of God; for any man to perish or live in poverty, sickness and defeat. He did not redeem us by the blood of His precious Son to be ridiculed again by satanic bondages and afflictions. The Lord Jesus, in one of His sermons gave a parable about the

kingdom of God. This proverb is analogous to what happens to some of us who, though redeemed still live in the captivity of the devil. Jesus said:

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

Matthew 13:25-26

  

The enemy could sow tares in the field because those tasked with the duty of watching over the field were busy sleeping.

Many believers are today under satanic bondages,  living far below what God created them to be, not because it is His will for them, but because they failed to take the responsibility of watching over their lives in the place of prayer. 

Whatsoever the Devil introduces into a believer’s life is a corruption of God’s original plan. All sickness, failure, poverty, and the threat of death around your life are tares sown by the enemy - the devil.

You need to understand that from the day you gave your life to Jesus, you became a brand new person with an incorruptible nature (1Peter 1:23). You were fully equipped with power and authority to take charge here on earth.

You may ask, why then is my life like this? Jesus said, “…while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.”  

Your life is a field which the Lord has blessed (Genesis 27:27). Every blessed field attracts the devil. The devil does not want to see the will of God done in your life and he is not ready to quit. You must wake up to stop him. The weed must not grow with the wheat. Wake up!