Revelation 3:2
Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die,
for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.
The message to the church of Sardis in the book of
Revelation was, "You have a reputation of being alive, but you are
dead." The people of Sardis were urged to wakeup
and strengthen what remained of their relationship with God or they would see their relationship with God
disappear.
Today we are often guilty of sitting back and watching as
the enemy tries to destroy not only our relationship with God, but our relationships in our marriages, our homes and our extended
families. We need to wake up and
strengthen these relationships through Jesus Christ. These relationships were placed in our lives by Almighty
God. Just as Jesus Christ should be the foundation for our spiritual lives, these family relationships should be foundational elements in our natural lives.
The enemy knows how important these relationships are to us. He knows that if he can destroy these relationships that he can weaken our relationships with Our Father in heaven. The enemy knows
this well and does everything possible to "divide and conquer".
Divide and conquer can be very subtle...at least at
first. Divide and conquer appears as
meals eaten alone because the family is so busy. Divide and conquer is going to bed angry with
a spouse over a relatively unimportant issue. Divide and conquer is skipping
the family reunion because of some prior squabble with one family member.
We cannot be passive.
We must wake up and be constantly on guard to protect our
relationships. Our marriages, our homes
and our extended families are treasures.
When conflicts occur, we need to move swiftly to repair the damages and
rebuild what the enemy is trying to destroy.
We must be proactive in nurturing activities that keep the relationships
alive. We must build walls of protection that withstand the assaults of the enemy.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, we thank You for the treasures in life that
You have provided through our marriages, our homes and our extended
families. We pray that You will provide
us with the armor that we need to fight against the enemy that seeks to take
away our treasures. We pray that the
Holy Spirit will guide us to make Jesus Christ the foundation of our lives so
that we can build indestructible walls of protection around our treasures. We ask all these things in the name of Our
Sure Foundation, Jesus Christ.
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