DEVO 05.13.25

DEVO. 05.13.25

“…Then there was peace in the land for forty years.” (Judges‬ ‭5‬:‭31‬ ‭NLT‬‬)

- Do you desire peace in your life?

- Not just the absence of war but Peace meaning that you are walking on God’s promises and you are experiencing his blessings in you life, physically, mentally and emotionally?

- The kind of peace where you know that God has gone before you and marked the path.

- This kind of peace only comes after your enemy has been confronted and eliminated.

- Judges 5 is the song of Deborah and Barak after God gave them victory over the king of Canaan and Sisera, the commander of his army, who had cruelly oppressed them for 20 years.

- Towards the end of the battle, Sisera fled on foot and and a woman named Jael invited him in to hide.

- Jael put a cover over him as he slept.

- She had invited the enemy into her tent!

- He was the last part of the enemy that needed to be eliminated.

- Verse 21 says that as Sisera slept, “Jael quietly crept up to him with a hammer and tent peg in her hand. Then she drove the tent peg through his temple and into the ground, and so he died.”

- ‭‭Here’s the lesson. You will never experience Gods peace in your life until your enemy, the Devil, has been totally eliminated!

- Are there areas in your life where you have allowed the enemy to hide?

- He’s not showing up in big ways, but every once in a while you have an outburst of anger or fear.

- Maybe the enemy shows up in your jealousy or gossip.

- Maybe the there is bitterness or unforgiveness hidden deep within, covered up where no one can see but it’s still there.

- Maybe it’s lust or your thought life that you hide from others.

- Today, is the day where you pick up the tent peg and drive it through his temple and kill that tormenting spirit.

- Today is the day where the Enemy is no longer hidden but is killed!

- Judges 6:31 says, “Lord, may all your enemies die like Sisera! But may those who love you rise like the sun in all its power!” Then there was peace in the land for forty years.”

- ‭True peace happens after the enemy is killed!

- You will never have peace in your life if there are places in your heart that your enemy, the Devil is allowed to occupy.

- Today, pick up that spike and drive it through his head on once and for all!

- Have a great Tuesday!