Fighting the Wrong Battle

Wednesday 14 June
READ: Eph. 6: 12 – 13
MORE LESSON: Prov. 20: 18

There was a lady who was a very committed worker in a company. She always received compliments from her boss who testified that she was a hardworking staff. However, she noticed that each time there was promotion exercise, her name was always missing. So she decided to confront her boss over the problem no matter what the consequence would be. She went to the office and told her boss, “ I have done everything right and you refused to promote me. You are a very wicked woman. You even said I am the best worker and you still refused to recommend me for promotion. What did I do wrong? My God will punish you”. After her outburst, she lost her job and then started a three day marathon fasting.
Each time she prayed that her enemy should fall down and die, she had the boss in mind. Unfortunately for her the boss didn't die but seemed to even prosper more. The boss bought new cars and lived well. Luckily, the lady got a new job. The trend started again as her name was being omitted during promotions despite her diligence. It was only then that she realised that it was not about the boss but there was an unseen force that made her to be forgotten each time people were to be promoted.
She began to confront every spirit that vowed to keep her at the same spot. She only got delivered when she had an accurate understanding of the battle and channelled her prayers in the right direction.
Many times people fight physical battles when the battle is to be fought in the spiritual. When the source of a problem is in the spiritual and a man is beating the air in the physical, there will be no headway. There are forces of darkness that influence people and make things go wrong. This is why it is important to obtain guidance from the Holy Spirit and from the Word of God before you engage in prayers of warfare. Matt 10:36 says that a man's foes are they of his own household. Many times the enemy is someone within the house and you are busy fighting the wrong person outside. In fact, the problem is many times right inside the person who is busy fighting people outside. Many times, it is the ideology, belief-system and attitude of a person that are responsible for his problems while he is busy fighting every other person outside as the cause of his problems.
It is important to pray for guidance and instructions in engaging in spiritual warfare. In the name of Jesus, every enemy, both within and without you, that has camouflaged to afflict you will be exposed. The Lord will give you victory over every battle of life, in Jesus. name.

Prayer/Action
* Father reveal Your will and purpose for my life so that I will not do another man's work, in the name of Jesus.
* Every distracting force of darkness intending to make me lose focus, I come against you, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Any altar or covenant set up to quench my light, celestial or terrestrial, right now catch fire, in the name of Jesus.