Rhoadie's Place

For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law--a man's enemies are the members of his own household (Micah 7:6, Matt 10: 35-36). Everytime I think of this verse of scripture a scene from the Color Purple flashes in my mind. It was the scene where Sohpia says she never thought she had to fight in her own house after Harpo beats her.

Sometimes we have enemies in our own house that are thorns in our flesh. You may have recently got saved and now your house has more drama than a soap opera. Your mother in law, and sometimes your own mother might be jealous of you. Wives and husbands may be in competition with one another. However, we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places(Ephesians 6:12).

We may even have to physically distance our self from that situation, however, we always seek God first for direction. I will be speaking more on this issue in tomorrow's post.