Dear Heavenly Father,
In 1Peter 5:8(NLT), You tell us, “Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.” To be alert is to be vigilant and observant, so that we can respond quickly to any threat. You have warned Your people to remain on guard because we have an enemy that wants to devour us. Many people have ignored Your warning in 1Peter 5:8, and they do not think about the consequence of not being alert until the thing You’ve warned us about has happened.
We should be so incredibly thankful that You haven’t kept anything hidden from us. You’ve told us very plainly that life is not all daisies and skips through the park. There are challenges, disappointments, and downfalls, but Psalm 56:13 also tells us that You will keep our feet from falling. One of the ways You do this is through visions and dreams. Visions and dreams are sometimes communicated to us by the Holy Spirit. You tell us in 1Corinthians 6:19 that our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. He lives in us, and You have given him to us as a gift. Jesus Christ said in John 16:13 that the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, and he will guide us into all truth. He isn’t going to speak on his own, but he will tell us what he has heard from Jesus Christ. He will tell us about the future.
The Holy Spirit that indwells us will also warn us about impending danger in our futures, and he never misses a beat. Our problem is that we are so busy allowing negativity and non-sense into our ear-and-eye-gates, that our souls become clogged with the wrong kind of information. Being continually edified by Your Word keeps our channel open to You. This is one of the reasons You have commanded us to renew our minds. You want our minds and hearts to be fertile soil upon which Your Word can grow and develop strength in us.
Please Heavenly Father, reveal to us those things that are keeping us from walking in the Spirit in a greater way. We desire to grow in Christ so that we can perceive when the Spirit is warning us. Warning or not, we always want to hear what the Spirit is saying to us. When we receive Your warnings, we will not sink in fear or anger, but we will be committed to pray and press in, so that we can remain under Your covering and arc of safety. Thank You for our precious and powerful Lord and Savior. Thank You for the extraordinary gift of Holy Spirit and thank You for all Your many blessings. In the name of Jesus Christ, we pray, Amen.
Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
“Thank You for Warning Us”, written by K. Lizzie, edited by Reverend Fran Mack for Sundie Morning Sistas ©2020. All rights reserved. All done to the glory of God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! SMS is dedicated to inspiring and encouraging Christian Women through the Word of God.