A SLOW FADE

A SLOW FADE 

The other day, I saw a movie where a lady who was doing wonderfully well in ministry started engaging in secret sins. Instead of her to check her life and make amendments, she was going about encouraging young ladies never to engage in those things she was secretly doing. 

She didn't open up to anyone even when God sent people to her. She continued as if everything was alright. 

She found mercy at the verge of death, though she lost her life. 

The same could be said of the young man, Samson. 

The fall of Samson didn't start the same day Delilah sold him out through his secrets. It all started when Samson decided to go in with a harlot. He didn't know what it means to be a Nazarite. He thought he could do what everyone was doing and still get away with it. He thought he was actually having fun. 

Samson was still able to discharge power as usual even after going in with a harlot. He could still do the same thing he used to do. He did not know virtue was actually leaving him gradually. He thought he could get away with it. 

It was a slow fade. 

At this time when people love to stay more on social media than God's presence, it calls for an alarm. You can't continue this way and expect God to commit nations into your hands. 

These days, when I hear people say they can continue in their errors and continue to carry the anointing, hear God and dare great things, I guess they don't know it's a slow fade. It's only a matter of time. i

Listen to me, the only voice you can hear when you are slowly fading away is the voice calling you to repentance, not the voice to continue doing ministry or organizing programs. 

I hear how amazed you are, at the eruption of God's power in your ministrations even though it's been a while you spent time with God in the closet. It is not disputable that you are now popular in the public, but not known by God in the secret place. It's only a slow fade. 

You know a ceiling fan disconnected from the power source will still rotate for a few minutes before it stops abruptly. Sometimes, people may not know the fan has been disconnected because of its activeness but it's only a matter of time. 

It's the same thing with a man who has lost connection with God. Though he can still do what he used to do, he will expire soon unless he checks his life and makes amendments. 

One of the greatest ways we can rob ourselves of God's blessings is to pretend as if everything is alright with us when we actually know it isn't. The earlier we acknowledge this, the better for us. 

Samson didn't know virtue was gradually leaving him as he was compromising. He thought he could get away with it. 

Dear young minister, be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die… Revelations 3:2

Action points 

• Trace the source of your fall right now. Acknowledge it and cry for help. Help can only be administered to the helpless. 
• Put on the whole Armour of God that you may be able to stand in the days of evil. 
• Watch and pray. Do not give any place to the devil. 

You and I will finish strong. 

The reason why you are seeing this is that God is still very much interested in you. He loves you and He asked me to tell you. 

#blazingthetrail 

©TAB