A NIGHT TO ABIDE!

The night also represents tough situations. When clouds of frustrations hover over you and your family and it seems the day of joy will not break.

The night could also be a time in your life when your spiritual radar is reading low and you become vulnerable to sin and the enemy. It is that time when it seems sin comes after you after you have spoken and preached so much against it to others. It is that time when you have to step up your spiritual race and hold on to faith and hope than ever before. Such nights have swallowed great destinies and terminated big reputations. Such nights have no respecter of persons.

Wasn’t it during such nights that Peter became so vulnerable that he denied Jesus 3 times? “Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice” (Mathew 26:34). It was a cold night for Peter, “And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself” (John 18:18). It was shortly after that coldness that Peter denied Jesus. When you sense like the brethren are far away and you are tempted to sin...when everything starts to get cold: your prayer life cold, your study life cold, then be watchful beloved, it just might be night! Who then art thou oh brother to play with the night on the path of lust for a sister? It is a night when even the fire you carry can burn you if you are not careful...remember, “Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?” (Proverbs 6:27).

It was during this same night time that Judas departed... “He then (Judas) having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night” (John 13:30). Judas departed that night and has never returned till today. Many nights have swallowed many up because they could not abide.

Even Jesus had His own “nights”, but rather than sleep or become cold, he chose to pray: “And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray” (Mark 14:32). What to do during those nights is to pray.

Can you pray with me: “Lord, help me that no night shall take me away from your eternal will in Jesus’ name”.