TOTALLY DESTROY THE CANAANITE CULTURE

“He that committeth sin is of the evil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil”
(1 John 3:8).

Did you notice in my devotion last week that I wrote the phrase, TOTALLY DESTROY THE CANAANITE CULTURE! Wow, that’s a rather strong statement, isn’t it?  But that was the exact heading of Deuteronomy chapter 7 in my Bible. And yes, that is exactly what God told them to do. They were to totally destroy it. Wipe out everything that breathed.

We read the story of Jael in our Family Devotions yesterday, a rather bloodthirsty story, where Jael, a wife in the home, hammered a tent peg through an army general’s temple and killed him? Let’s read what she did: “Her left hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workmen’s hammer. She hammered Sisera, she shattered his skull, she smashed his head, she drove the tent peg through his temple . . .” And God’s words says: “Most blessed of all women is Jael . . .  most blessed of homemaking women.” You can read the whole story in Judges 4:17-23 and 5:24-31.

Why would Jael be honored for doing such a bloodthirsty deed? Every story in the Bible is a lesson for us. The enemy came right into Jael’s home, but knowing he was the enemy, she plucked up courage to annihilate him. It would have taken much courage. If she had missed with the hammer, he would have killed her.

We all face many subtle enemies that come into our homes. Satan, the enemy of our souls and our homes, lurks around waiting to bring his insidious ways into our family lives. He doesn’t do it blatantly, but little by little, so cunningly that sometimes we don’t even notice. That’s why we must be continually on the alert—and especially over all social media where Satan is winning his greatest victories.

Mother, we are the watch dog over our home and over the souls of each of our children. We are also the watch dogs of society. Our society is a reflection of the homes of our society. Sadly, today, we live in a worldly, godless, and deceived society. That’s why we must watch and pray and be more alert than ever. It is godly homes, adhering to God’s word and His truth that will change society.

We must be brave and courageous to stand against all evil in our homes and in society around us. We must take a stand. We can’t be silent. As Dietrich Bonhoeffer says: “Silence in the face of evil is evil itself.”

All God’s people, including mothers, should be part of destroying the “Canaanite culture” in our society. That doesn’t mean we have to get out of our home to war against it. No. We start facing it in our own home. Jael didn’t even have to go out of the home to conquer the enemy. And God honored her for dealing with it in her home. This is where it starts.

Ephesians 4:27 (BSB): “Do not give the devil a foothold.”

Ephesians 5:11 (BSB): “Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.”

James 4:7: “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

1 Peter 5:8, 9: “Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist steadfast in the faith . . .”

PRAYER:

“Dear Father, I want to remember that because You live within me that I have authority to resist the devil from my life and my home. Amen.”

AFFIRMATION:

I’m eliminating the worldly culture from my life and my home.

 

Blessings from Nancy Campbell

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