“Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way” Matthew 13:24-25
Brethren from the scripture above it is apparent that when the people who are called by the name of the Lord are dull in the spirit or rather they spirits are not alive with the Spirit of God or better still..are not fervent in pursuit of God,it is likely that imposters will arise. i.e the sons of the devil as it is the case in our current world. As a business consultant, I would liken this with the market place. When a business is not robust enough to exploit the available space at her disposal, competitors will arise and seek to sieze the opportunity. The competitor may not have what it takes to full fill the needs and wants of the customers but will ultimately be able to capture the attention of customers any way. This parable is acted out in our current world…that indeed the good seeds and the bad seeds are growing together at all levels of in the church i,e. ministers of the gospel,leaders,members of assemblies,workers, businessmen/women and so on.Our ark enemy the devil has managed to plant his seeds among the good seeds and are blosoming at the expense of the real church of Christ….a church that is asleep.If by sleeping the church is giving the devil a free hand to plant evil seeds among the saints, the opposite is also true.; that when we arise and watch, this trend will be reversed and effects and influence of the devil will deminish. Did you know that Samson, one of the judges among the people of Israel was lulled to sleep before Delilah and the Philistines subdued him?
“She lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him. And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him” Judges 16:19-20
Spiritual dullness is the curse of the church in this age for it allows the abominable in the house of the Lord and among His people. One of the signs of spiritual dullness is loosing sight as it was the case of Samson whose eyes were gorged out by Philistines{satanic agents} assisted by ‘sister’ Delilah.A church that has lost revelation accepts everything and everyone who seeks the hand of fellowship. At one point God was likening the people of Israel to a run-away wife; a wife who is not faithful and one who freely makes commitments to other suitors and not demanding any pay.
“But you trusted in your own beauty, played the harlot because of your fame, and poured out your harlotry on everyone passing by who would have it” Ezekiel 16:15
May the Lord help you and me to arise from our slumber rest we enter into temptations.
Shalom.