“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” Genesis 3:1 KJV
The enemy’s first
attack in Eden was not merely against the fruit; it was against God’s Word. He
questioned what God had said because he knew that if Eve doubted the Word, she
would eventually lose the blessing attached to it. Jesus later revealed the
same strategy: “The sower soweth the word,” and Satan comes immediately to
steal the Word that has been sown in the heart (Mark 4:14–15). The Word is the
seed; the fruit is the evidence. When the seed is stolen, the harvest is
threatened. The real thief is the one that steals information or revelation
from you.
Beware of the thief
who speaks through doubt, fear and limitation; He says you cannot do it, you
are too old, you are too young, you have failed before, you cannot change, you
cannot grow, you cannot become more. Reject that voice. Do not allow
discouragement to steal the instruction, revelation, opportunity or information
God is sending to move you forward. Jesus identified the thief as one who comes
“to steal, and to kill, and to destroy,” but He came that we might have
abundant life (John 10:10). Stop listening to the thief; listen to the Shepherd
(John 10:8)
Prophetic Word: I declare that every voice assigned to
steal your confidence, distort God’s Word and frustrate your progress is
silenced. You will hear clearly, believe boldly and act decisively. The Word
planted in you will not be stolen; it will produce its appointed harvest. In
Jesus’ name.
Prayer: Father, sharpen my spiritual discernment. Help me
recognise every voice that contradicts Your Word and give me grace to reject
fear, doubt and limitation. Guard the seed of Your Word in my heart and cause
it to produce abundant fruit in my life. I choose to hear and follow the voice
of the Shepherd. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
