STOP MYSTIFYING

It has become a common phenomenon to accuse the devil of many offences he has no knowledge of. You are a tripartite being and you are supposed to approach the world with this understanding. Things happen that are as a result of the natural world we are but when you have become so fed with the idea of the devil, you “mystify” everything and this births wrong revelations.

It is sad that culture has somehow robbed off on Christianity that you begin to apply some old cultural beliefs to address the present reality of your new birth. This happens as a result of the wrong teachings we feed on. The dark world is well addressed in the church, that we are more conscious of their activities than the blessedness of God. On the other way Nollywood made us to believe in the dark world they don’t mention the name of Jesus- that’s Nollywood anyway, but we can make a sense of what transpires in the two world from there.

I can remember as a young boy, how I went into prayers and was so troubled as a result of having “wet dreams”. I had mystified spiritual wives and I was seeking for help, engulfed with fear not knowing my body was just behaving the way it is been wired. What do you mystify?

Paul was on the Island of Malta. They had just survived a heavy storm. He tried to get warm from the cold weather, gathering an armful of sticks to lay on the fire, a poisonous snake, driven out by the heat, fastened itself onto his hand! The people of the Island who were simply traditional saw the viper hanging there and mystified immediately saying: “A murderer, no doubt! Though he escaped the sea, justice will not permit him to live”. That was all they could see. They attached the emergence of the viper to a mysterious event. God punishing a hardened criminal.

The scripture is clear, Paul disturbed the poor viper trying to find warmth under the woods by the fire he lit. The poor viper had no option than to jump out and closest to it was Paul’s arm, it was already dent by the flame, and Paul immediately shook it off. He didn’t do any special prayer or call unnecessary attention. It wasn’t sent by a demon. It was a natural occurrence.

What has really happened to you that you have attributed to the dark world? I have seen people who at every sight of any creature- that are commonly found in the home- in their room go into another session of prayers, because they have nursed the idea of being attacked. Did you observe Paul never mentioned the event at all?

Stop attaching unnecessary meaning to every event of life, you are made of body, soul and spirit. Your body communicates and receives stimulus from the environment. That is why you need food for the body, it is natural you eat. You are in the world! Stop mystifying, this is what can guarantee you peace.

I know someone who have been so fed with too much about operations of darkness will say “you can’t understand, it is a terrible world”. Permit me to say HE is a “TERRIBLER GOD”. He says you should rest, why mystify?

As you go this week, relieve yourself of those prayer points that emanated from fear, spend more time enjoying God in fellowship. Stop mystifying!

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Olufemi Ibitoye

@toyeolufemi