17/11/2024
TELL DINAH TO STAY IN THE HOUSE: THE DEVILS ARE PROWLING AROUND
WHO IS DINAH?
"And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her" (Gen 34:1,2).
Notice that the Bible did not say Shechem forced her as in the case of Amnon and Tamar (2Sam 13:14). The word says, "he took her"; yes, it might have been by flattery and enticement, the bottom line is that he got into her without force. Would that had happened if Dinah had stayed in her father's house? I doubt it.
Therefore, tell them to stay in the house. Tell them that raging s*x hormones are normal and temporal, but if they become reckless with where they go and what they do, they could mar their precious lives permanently. Tell them to fear for their lives. Show them that you care. Show them Christ's kind of love. They'll stay and be saved.
WHO'S DINAH IN OUR TIME?
They are our girl children. They may look babyish or big with all the features of a grown up woman, but they're still children. They're children in their hearts, in their experiences in life, and in reasoning. Let's tell them and encourage them to stay in the house. Why? Because the devils are out there moving around like a roaring and raging lions, seeking whom to STEAL, and to KILL, and to DESTROY (1Pt 5:8; Jn 10:10).
WHO ARE THESE DEVILS?
They're are wicked men and boys parading our streets. What our girls see is a six-foot-plus tall, fashion-conscious and smooth-talking handsome dude, but he's a devil in human body. They're looking for quick, hot money, and they're seeking 'sacrificial lambs' to offer for it. Whatever will make a set of teenage boys take the life of a fellow human girl for money is nothing but devil incarnation. We live in a very dangerous time; we parents and guardians must wake up to the realities of it.
MOTHERS:
The bulk of the job lies at your door steps, because, by natural design, you are closer to our girls than the fathers. Develop an eagle's eyesight. Wake up from the sleep of carelessness. These children represent your tomorrow. Forget about the excuses that "the father is not doing what he ought to do", "I'm a single mother" and watch over your children like a grizzly bear will watch over her cubs. Do all it takes and all the sacrifices you need to make to protect them from the predators of our time. Be like the duck which keeps her ducklings in front of herself to keep an eye on them and not like the hen which keeps her chicks behind. That's why it's easier for hawks to prey on hen's chicks.
Your girl is going out, you don't know who her friends are nor where they're going, and you said bye-bye? Are you crazy? You're going out leaving your girls with male relatives or aquaintances from church or mosque, saying you trust them; Mum, you must be living outside of this age. You know the pressures that bombarded you from males around you while growing up, why are you playing naive now? Please, wake up.
FATHERS;
Realise the position in which God has placed you, and the responsibility that goes with it. If you fail, you will answer to God. Take up your responsibilities to provide for and protect your children. If you let your children go astray and even died in the process, on the account of your slacks, know for sure that God will require their bloods at your hand.
You slept with a woman and got her pregnant, but instead of you to own up and take up your responsibility to care for the child, you denied her and ran away, you will pay. Even if you get born-again later you will still pay. Pray that your paying will not involve paying with your life. We must be very careful with our lives.
Show love to your children, especially, your girls. Listen to them. Don't just indulge them with gifts and money thinking that's all they need, make time to be with them. Turn off the TV and converse with them. Teach them about men and boys. Teach them about life. Seek to know their friends.
CHILDREN;
Take your life seriously, it is precious and has no duplicate. Don't be like the Dinah of the Bible who wandered about aimlessly and carelessly with the "daughters of the land" until she got into the hand of the devil who defiled her. If you have godly parents who train and teach you how to conduct and protect your life, you better listen to them for the sake of your own self. There are countless number of girls out there without a home or any body to care for them, let alone protect them. Many of them, if they die on the street, nobody will even look for them or bewail them. It's that bad. So, if you have parents who care about you and look out for your safety, you better appreciate them and don't take them for granted. Take off that silliness and foolishness from your heart, and stop being reckless with your life. There are devils out there waiting to pounce on stubborn and disobedient children to kill and destroy them. Please, fear for your life.
OCCUPY YOUR HANDS AND MINDS WITH NOBLE VENTURES:
If you're bored, that's no excuse to allow your feet wander around to places of danger. Find something worthwhile to do for yourself. Be creative. Offer to help someone around you doing something good for free. Learn a trade, if you don't have an adult to take you to the one you fancy, go and explain yourself to the master, if God appoints him/her as your destiny helper, he/she will take you. Boys should go to men, and girls should go to women. Learn musical instruments. Volunteer to help in repairing some amenities in your neighborhood for free, who knows, you can 'jam' the favour of your destiny helper while doing it, when they see how hardworking and well-behaved you are. Look out for responsible and goal-getting kids around you and be friends with them. Run away from bad boys and wayward, disobedient kids no matter how 'cool' they may seem to you. Whatever they dangle before you now is pure vanity that will not hold any profitable value in a few years to come. Stay with the good values that your parents and godly counsellors are teaching you. Your life will be a praise to God and a blessing to you generation for many years to come.
HOMELESS CHILDREN;
We understand that there are children who are homeless and are on the streets, not by their own making, but by life's negative circumstances (broken homes, products of unwanted pregnancies, orphaned, escaping abuse and molestation from home etc). These children are exposed to various vices on daily basis i.e. s*x, alcohol and drugs, cultism, banditary etc. These children suffer and die everyday without anybody taking notice of them. I pray God to take care of these children. I pray God to empower more godly NGOs to spring up and take up these children in their care, in Jesus Name. I pray that before it will be too late, help will come for these children, and they will fulfill divine destiny, even in the midst of all negative and impossible circumstances, in Jesus Name.
TO ALL OF US;
Please, let's all take responsibility for the Dinahs around us, and tell them to stay in the house. "That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace" (Ps 144:12).
Amen.
Spirit Impact Media Ajayi John The Undefiled
