Driven or Called? (Part One)

A few weeks ago I was reading a book about King Saul. One of the chapters listed eight events within Saul’s life that revealed he was highly driven. The whole chapter felt more like a rebuke, rather than encouragement – time for therapy!

Learn to Recognise the Tactics of the Opposition (Part Three)

Most of us can recognize areas of weakness within our own lives – anger, negative thinking, insecurity, worry, fear, a lack of integrity. But not everyone recognizes how Satan exploits these weaknesses. Utako and I used to always find ourselves arguing first thing on a Sunday morning. We knew that arguing wasn’t healthy – we knew that this was a weakness – but it took us a while to recognize how Satan would exploit the smallest disagreement and leave us feeling unfit to minister on a Sunday. Once we recognized that our fight was not with each other – but against the devil’s schemes – then we could join forces and fight on the same team. We must remember that our conflict is not against people, but against Satan’s evil schemes. We are wrestling against principalities, powers, rulers of a dark world (Ephesians 6:12). Is there a similar battle that keeps on reoccurring in your life? In your marriage? In your friendships? In your cell group? Or in your work place? May be it is time for you to recognize that it isn’t a person you are fighting, it is Satan’s evil schemes? May be it is time for some of you to stop fighting each other, and to join forces in order to fight against the real opposition?