Guard your future - SJ Devotional

“So David and his men came to the city, and, behold...their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.”
(1 Samuel 30: 3)

That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today.

When the Amalekites invaded Ziklag, they took away the wives and children of David and his men. They took an action in the present that put the destinies of wives and children in jeopardy. Children are the future of every generation. So, put differently, the Amalekites’ attack in the present put David’s future into captivity. What the enemies did in David’s ‘today’ was to affect ‘tomorrow’.

Beloved, whatever you allow the enemy to accomplish in your today will affect your tomorrow. What you allow the devil to do in your present will determine how your future will be. If the devil is pushing you to be prayerless today, he has bigger plans to collapse your future. If the enemy is fighting the peace in your home, success of your business/career/ministry, consistency of your walk with God, etc, he is making arrangements to put your future behind bars.

If David’s ‘future’ remained in captivity, they (children) would have become slaves, lost their freedom and would have been ushered into servitude. The goal of the enemy as he attacks your today, is to make your future a slave to himself; and when he enslaves your future, your future will be filled with negativity and demonic activities.

Never underestimate the attacks of the enemy even if they appear little. Satanic attacks transcend the present; it’s about the future. If you allow the enemy to have a free ride in your life, you will regret it when you see the results months and years from now.

Don’t let the enemy take charge of your future. Don’t permit your future to go into captivity.

Ephesians 4 vs. 27 sums it up: “Neither give place to the devil.”

Pray With Me: Lord, my future will not be enslaved by the enemy, in Jesus’ name!