OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-WEDNESDAY-06/04/2016-DEMON-INVITING HABIT-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
DEMON-INVITING HABIT
Memorise
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is
excess; but be filled with
The
Spirit. Ephesians 5:18
Read
Proverbs 23:29-35,
29 Who
hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath
wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
30 They
that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look
not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup,
when it moveth itself aright.
32 At
the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine
eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34 Yea,
thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that
lieth upon the top of a mast.
35 They
have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and
I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
KJV
MESSAGE
There are many avenues through which demons
can possess an individual. One of them is alcoholism. Alcoholism is a subtle
habit that introduces a man to demonic possession and/or introduces demons to
the alcoholic. It is a volatile avenue, a broad avenue open to many categories
of demons, violence, sexual immorality, pride, folly, to mention but a few. It
is unfortunate that some believers are beginning to consider ‘moderation’ in
the consumption of alcohol. It is this liberal approach to the handling of the
issue of alcohol consumption that is increasing demonic operations in lives
that are supposed to be Holy Spirit-filled. This is why Ephesians 5:18 says:
“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be
filled with the Spirit.”
How does alcoholism invite demons? Our Bible
text for today answers that in part: One of the symptoms of demonic possession
is sorrow, and the text asks: “who hath sorrow?” and answers straightaway:
“…they that go to seek mixed wine.” The scripture goes ahead to warn; “look not
thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when
it moveth itself a right.” The demon of sorrow is put in motion to possess
alcoholic; and this is confirmed by the infallible Word of God. In addition,
our text says: “Thine eyes shall behold strange women….” Here the demon of
sexual immorality is set in motion by alcoholism. A married man does not
remember his marriage vows when put under the influence of alcohol. An
alcoholic can sleep with the worst psychiatric patient. Alcohol promotes the
sexual immorality of incest.
“And the firstborn said unto the young, our father is
old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of
all the earth: Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with
him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink
wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he
perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.”
Genesis 19:31-32
The products of these incestuous acts were
the hateful Moabites and the children of Ammon who later became sworn enemies
of the children of Israel (2nd Chronicles 20:1).
“….and thine heart
shall utter perverse things.” Alcohol can turn you to a talkative or a
blasphemer. Those who ordinarily may not speak perverse things momentarily
become outspoken under the influence of the demon of alcohol. Beloved, if you
have not considered alcohol as a medium of demon-possession till date, I advise
you to give it a second thought, be faithful to yourself and abstain forthwith.
Most of the woes that many people face can be traced to the demon of alcohol.
The Word of God is forever settled; the earlier we live by its precepts, the
better for us.
Action
Point
Break yourself loose from the demon of alcohol and
pray that all that the demon of alcohol has destroyed in your life be restored
in Jesus’ name.
Bible
in one year
1st Samuel 14:47-16:23, Proverbs 6:1-15
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