Stuff of Tobiah
Nehemiah 13:8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
After grieving, comes action. There must be correction. Refusing to act is irresponsible … to keep accommodating the things that cause grief is foolish and dangerous. Nehemiah wept, but after – he threw out all the things that belonged to Tobiah. What would these be? Perhaps his change of clothes, furnishings …documents, perhaps the things that made him comfortable, even his bed. Look around you, what are the things that belong to satan that are in your life. Maybe you need to tear up that club membership – you know you always drift into adultery everytime you go only for a few drinks …maybe you should give up drinking alcohol … the last time you had a drink it ended in a brawl … maybe there are magazines in your house you should not have or buy. Are there things that the devil will use to destroy your life, do not tolerate those things once you sense that they could be weapons in the hands of the destroyer of souls.
There are many things in the Bible that we are told to shun … wordliness, youthful lusts, excess …innocent gossip, exaggerations, envy … little foxes and maybe even the larger deceptions. The devil has his own furniture … he needs a comfortable environment … he hates where God is praised – so you can fill your habitations with praise. He hates to hear a loud halleluyah, so you can raise a loud shout praising God. The question you must ask today is if your environment is comfortable for God or for the devil. Pray that God will show how not to give any room to satan in all that you do.
The Bible warns us not to be unequally yoked. If you marry the daughter of darkness, then the devil becomes your father-in-law and has the right to visit you with his baggage. Be sensitive to these issues.
2Cor 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Verses for further meditation
James 4:4; Matthew 13:25
Thoughts for Business and the work place
Leaders take firm, often unpleasant decisions.
Suggestions for Prayer
Lord, uproot all that you have not planted in my life. Amen
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