Hebrews 3:12-13
¹²Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. ¹³But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
The journey to unbelief is very far from what many consider as that road.
Firtly, unbelief is for those that once believed; many fall into this trap with justifications that scream ‘denial’, one strong trait of being a self swindler is quoting scriptures rather than obeying them.
Mathew 23:13
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
For instance, a Man of God is part of the body of Christ but because he is a custodian of flock, He may operation from a position of Immunity and this is encouraged by the very body of Christ (flock) that release and project elevated reverence for the Servant of God. This further isolates the Servant of God leaving them vulnerable to all sorts of self misguidance.
Have You ever asked yourself how all the 70 elders and Moses ended up where they did ‘not in the land of Promise’!!
Is your not giving justified by you being a good steward of your resources! Or little it is, does your not studying the word stem from the spiritual power you are exposed to! (these are not to spite anyone)
I have had a scripture for every situation leaving no room for discipline to hear what the Spirit is saying. Many of the body of Christ use prayer to cover up laziness or fear to start or stop( whatever it could be).
Search, is your prayer to gratify and elevate self above others!
Luke 18:12-13
¹²I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. ¹³And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Do not be a self swindler, do not spiritually shortchange yourself, return to place of genuineness with God.
Prophetic Utterance:
I will no more short change myself, With my heart, I yield to God.
Deceptive unbelief is far away from me in Jesus name.
I have come back to myself, I am good steward of all God has placed in my custody.
Guiding text:
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.