Message
After I became born again, I started hearing God speak to me, and I stopped doing anything without His guidance or approval. In those days, I would ask Him which routes to drive through so I would not get caught in traffic jams, and He would guide me. However, something happened that made Him stop speaking to me for a while. I was an interpreter in the church, and the General Superintendent took a special interest in me and made me his personal interpreter. When the other pastors in the church realised that he had chosen me to be his interpreter, they stopped asking me to interpret for them out of respect for him.
One day, we had a programme, and a pastor told me that I would be interpreting for him during his sermon. I became angry, but I didn’t object because the Bible teaches that we
should always honour and obey those whom God has placed over us (). I interpreted during his sermon, but in my heart, I murmured, “How can you call me,
the interpreter to the General Superintendent, to interpret for you?” At the end of the programme, as I walked towards my car, God told me, “Son, so you are now too big to interpret for my servant.” That was all He said, and I didn’t hear His voice again. The period that followed was like hell because He stopped speaking to me. I was constantly stuck in heavy traffic as His voice wasn’t guiding me anymore. I pleaded with Him and promised never to allow pride to creep into my heart again. Thankfully, He started speaking to me again.
Pride will make a Christian vulnerable to all arrows from the devil. However, when a Christian stays humble, God will be his or her defence. God will always fight for humble people
because they have acknowledged through their humility that they cannot fight for themselves. In today’s Bible reading, Ahab did a terrible thing before God, and God sent Elijah to
pass judgment on him for his wickedness. When he heard God’s word, Ahab humbled himself before God, who had sworn to destroy him. When God saw that he had humbled himself, He sent Elijah to tell him that He would not bring evil in his days (). God postponed Ahab’s judgement because of his humility.
Beloved, do not leave yourself vulnerable to the devil’s attacks. Humble yourself before God, and He will cause you to always walk in victory.