As I grew up I understood that every family has a black sheep. My uncle was supposed to be the one. To my young eyes, he was always quarrelling about something. Later I learnt that one of those reasons was because he was feeling left behind and misunderstood. But he was not the only one. There was always an upset in my family. You know what they say, every family has it problems.
I remember having to talk to my aunt about my other aunt. I was at the age of 12 years trying to negotiate peace. If she did this... would you talk to her? Then I will take the response over to the other. I would go back and forth until it was all worked out. I joked with my friends that I could negotiate peace in the Middle East with the type of training I got at home.
I grew up with my grandmother and all my uncles and aunts. My cousins meant the same to me as my brothers and sister. I could hardly recover from one argument in the family when another started. Then I would have to reorganise my play life, my whole social interaction based on who is talking to whom. Having a Muslim father, I was not allowed to play with friends outside of school.
There was not a three month period in which everything went okay. When I became saved I was very upset about this. I prayed and asked God about that. He showed me the answer in a dream. I will not tell you the dream but I will tell you what it meant. It is like a demonic spirit sent to cause confusion.
Ever heard of a monster that was so bad, everyone was afraid at the mention of the name? That is how it operated. It is based on reputation and fear. The whole family was constantly distracted by the fear of the next upset. The whole family was focused on the black sheep but the person who was supposed to be the black sheep was not really the problem. The problem is what created the black sheep.
The distraction is keep the family from living a fulfilling life. To keep them in bondage and despair. The family did not have time for healing and forgiveness. It was too much. The family would be more aware of the mood of the black sheep they would not hear God. Pretty soon a whole mess of things would spiral out of control and the family breaks up.
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep." John 10:11
Jesus had just healed the blind man in John 9. Sometimes we are caught up with the pain and hurts that we cannot enjoy life. We become blinded. The thief is the strongman or demonic spirit that keeps you enjoying your life the way Jesus wants you to. In full appreciation of the power of God to create and build a relationship with you.
The devil steals your joy, your time and energy. It remains like an open wound and then your hope dies. Your dreams are destroyed. But Jesus wants to give you peace.
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27I pray you have peace in your heart. I pray that you have peace in your family in Jesus name.
Dear Heavenly Father,
I ask you to forgive my sins in knowledge or ignorance. Please forgive me. I accept Jesus as my Saviour. I ask that Jesus comes into my life as I live to be a witness for Him. Please change my life and make me into the person you want me to be, in Jesus name I pray. Thank you.
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