NAIL THE ENEMY

One of the BLESSED women in the Bible was called Jael. God said that she was to be blessed above all women who lived in tents (that's how Jael, who was a Kenite, lived in those days). Why was she given such honor? Because she destroyed the enemy who came into her home. You can read the whole story in Judges 4:17-23 and 5:24-31.

God gave the Israelites victory over the Canaanites who had held them in slavery for 20 years. Captain Sisera was running for his life and came to the home of Jael. She took him in, gave him milk, and a bed to sleep. But once he was asleep she took a tent peg, silently crept up to him and nailed it through his head, crushing his head with a shattering blow. Why would Jael be honored for such a gruesome deed?

This story reveals a spiritual principle. Jael did not give the enemy a foothold in her home. She dealt him a death blow. This is the same spirit God wants us to have. The enemy of our souls and the souls of our children is always lurking around to gain a foothold in our home. We must be on the watch. And when he makes an appearance we do not sit idly by. We must not be tolerant. We must take action. Pray. Intercede. Speak out the Scriptures. Lift up the name of Jesus. Plead the blood of Jesus. Deal him a death blow.

Jael didn't even have to go out to war. She won the final victory for the nation right in her home. As a mother, you are also a warrior for God in your home. Don't give the devil who comes "to steal, kill, and destroy" one inch of comfort in your home. In the powerful name of Jesus Christ, throw him out.

Blessings from Nancy Campbell