WORDS OF LIVING WATERS DAILY INSPIRATION
Monday, 30th March,2026.
Theme: Don’t allow evil to rule your life
(Is 42: 1-7, Ps 27, Jn 12: 1-11)
The forces of evil are strong to the extent that when you allow yourself, they will control your life. The Pharisees and the Scribes allowed jealousy and envy to control them, hence they continued to pursue evil. Because Lazarus became a living testimony of the great deeds of Jesus, they planned to kill him too to prevent people from believing in Jesus. In order to protect their evil intentions, they continued to pursue evil.
Evil triumph in souls full of jealousy and envy. It doesn’t matter whether you are a minister of God or even an angel. Satan and the bad angels were with God in heaven, but when they allowed evil to enter their hearts they became anti- God. We can fast for forty days and nights, but if we don’t allow the spirit of God to take charge of our lives, we can still be instrument of Satan. The truth is that most of us in the church have become instruments of Satan and some of us have matured to become diabolic. The fact that you stand at the pulpit to preach or go to church doesn’t mean his spirit dwells in you. We are not better than the Pharisees and the Scribes in terms of religiosity, but still evil thrived in them.
Beloved in Christ, let’s be opened to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. I know we are all weak beings, but with the grace of God we can become powerful instruments of God. We should not become brood of vipers in the house of God or in our societies. Ask yourself whether your deeds put you on God’s side or on the side of Satan. It is time to repent and come to the Lord in this Holy Week. Let’s die with Jesus with all these evil tendencies and resurrect with him with new life.
May God help us not to be controlled by evil. Amen.
Have a Blessed Holy Week.
Shalom.🙏🏼🙏🏼
Rev. Fr. Akakpo Matthew.
