| SELF-INFLICTED CURSES |
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Memorise: “Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:” (Numbers 14:28). Read: Genesis 27:11-13 |
| It is possible to pronounce a curse on oneself. Proverbs 18:20 says, “A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.” We ought to be very careful of what we say concerning ourselves. Some people say, they already know that it can never be well with them. Some have fallen so much in love with a particular persistent sickness that they say, “My sickness has started again.” God gave you a mouth as a channel for satisfying you with good, not evil. Stop using your mouth to bring yourself under serious limitations. Let us see the example of Rebecca. She was the wife of Isaac. They had Esau and Jacob who were shared between them. One day, she overhead her husband asking Esau to bring him his favorite bush meat so that he can bless him. If you want God to bless you, cultivate the habit of giving to Him. If you want your father to bless you, adequately cater for his needs. If you want blessings from your husband, take good care of him. If you want lasting blessing from your pastor, learn to take care of him. If you desire regular blessings, give what will touch your pocket. But if you want the greatest blessing, give what can touch his soul. Stinginess is one major factor responsible for missing or diverted blessings among Christians.
Rebecca immediately asked Jacob to pose as Esau in order to steal his brother’s blessing. But when Jacob asked, “What if my father discovers and turns the blessing into a curse for me?” In Genesis 27:13, she said that she will willingly take any curse that comes in the process of that mission. She may have said that just to get rid of the fear in Jacob but unknown to her, she had cursed herself. Many Christians have wondered why Jacob obtained the blessing through his crookish method. Also, they have asked why God will call Himself the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? Why Jacob? It is because the punishment that should have come to Jacob had been transferred to his mother. Until she died, Jacob never saw his mother again after going into exile. Those who died under a curse can never go to Heaven. So I can assure you that when we get to Heaven you will not see Rebecca there because she placed herself under a curse. Have you cursed yourself in any way? Begin to reverse it now. |
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Break every self-inflicted curse. Resolve never to speak ill of yourself again. |
