Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NKJV
“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. 10For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up.”
Beloved,
It is not good for us to be alone, especially in times of trouble. God places the solitary in families. One of the reasons the devil is fighting families —starting with the distortion, perversion trivialization of its purpose and power— is because of what a force-filled covenant can produce.
It is imperative we place intentionality —watching and warring— for such a divine structure; one that mirrors the beauty of Christ’s relationship with His church, which He heads and jealously guards.
Last time, we looked at your work and assignment, your properties, your territory as critical areas that every married and son to be marries and want to be married person must begin to jealously guard, and now! Let us look at what you and your partner or partner to be must build a habit of serious prayer and spiritual warfare around:
- Enemies and intruders. Be cautious about who and what you allow into your home. Some people are agents of the devil with an agenda destroy what you have built; don’t allow them perform their enterprise. You can trace the beginning of a man’s problem to who he admitted into his life that brought that problem to him. Don’t permit the presence or activities of strange man/woman around you and your spouse. These people work like the Midianites in the story of Gideon. They don’t come during the growth process of your family, but they show up at the time of harvest to destroy it.
- The spirit of the land. There are acts that attracts the spirits that influences the behavior of people in any territory. The more you engage in those acts, the more you are seeking partnership with those evil forces to keep you perpetually in that cycle. It also hangs upon things that seem innocent like dressing or lifestyle. Live your life in a way that your children will not have to fight your unfinished battles in their own future.
- Your timing. It is your responsibility to watch out for times and seasons of life. Don’t be like Jacob who said that the Lord was in this place, and I knew not. God owes it to your family to bring interventions specific to your family situations regularly. Your sensitivity and alignment as a family will open your family up to that dimension of God that He is bringing.
I commend you to God and to the word of His grace.
I call you BLESSED. I call you NATIONS.
