Written by
Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Wandering – In 1st
Timothy Chapter 5 verses 1 to 15, the widows are described as gossips and
busybodies, tell tales interfering in people’s lives, sowing discord among
brethren, creating problems among people, constituting themselves into authors
of strife and contention, accusing people. Please read 1st
Thessalonians Chapter 4 verses 11 to 12 and 2nd Thessalonians
Chapter 3 verses 6 to 12. Though the devil and his cohorts accuse the children
of God daily, there are ways to overcome them daily – the blood of Jesus
Christ, the word of God and your testimony of victory in Christ Who gives you
the victory at all times as well as putting God first. Please read Revelation
Chapter 12 verses 9 to 11 and Job Chapter 1 verses 6 to 7.
Covetousness –
in the book of 1st Kings Chapter 21, the Bible records that King
Ahab for want of nothing to do coveted the property of one of his subjects,
Naboth. Additionally, Ahab took a step further to acquire the property by
approaching the subject to sell the property to him. When the subject refused
to sell, he was upset and sulked all day. How idle can a person be! A King did
not think of improving the quality of lives of the people he ruled over; he did
not care about development projects that would benefit the people; he did not
reflect on issues of equity and justice in the land and did not bother to learn
from the successes of Kings like David, Solomon, Jehoshaphat and Hezekiah as
well as others who impacted the lives of the people positively. Rather, King
Ahab immersed himself in coveting after other people’s properties; and
pathetically, the property of his subject.
Idleness was
also the reason King David saw Bathsheba. While other kings and warriors were
busy at the battle lines, David idled time away on the roof top not thinking
about the weightier issues of state but focused his attention and desires on a
naked woman bathing. Rather than tame whatever desires were stirred in him
particularly so when he discovered that the beautiful woman he could not wait
to devour was the wife of one of his subjects who was busy at the battle lines;
he proceeded to the sin of adultery and as if that was not bad enough, he
attempted to cover his sin the moment he discovered that the woman was
pregnant. But when his attempts at cover up failed, David, the man greatly
beloved by God and many people resorted to murder. How unfortunate that a
person like David who always invested time fell into the trap of the enemy
simply because he chose a moment of idleness. Unfortunately, the consequences
of David’s action were dire – he lost the child from the sinful liaison and but
for the mercy of God, he would have lost the throne. Please read 1st
Samuel Chapters 11 to 19.
