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AVOIDING THE TRAP THAT CANCELS DIVINE BLESSINGS

The Lord wants you to grow in confidence so deeply rooted in His sufficiency that the wealth of ungodly men neither moves you nor appeals to you. Abraham declared boldly to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up mine hand unto the LORD...” He knew who truly owned everything. Throughout Scripture, no man who set his heart on what God did not give—what was forbidden or corrupted—ever made it. Achan didn’t. Saul didn’t. Gehazi didn’t. But Abraham did, because he understood what to reject and what to honour.

When Naaman visited Elisha, the prophet rejected his gifts. That single act turned Naaman’s heart towards God. He took soil from Israel to build an altar back home. Sometimes, refusing a gift unlocks a person’s deeper spiritual journey. But Gehazi couldn't discern this. Driven by greed, he lied to Naaman, collected the goods, and returned to Elisha pretending nothing happened. Elisha asked, “Whence comest thou?” and he lied again. That’s the slippery slope: when you lie, you will steal; when you steal, you open the door to further moral decay. That’s how a man begins to compromise everything—money, integrity, and even another man’s wife.

Sometimes, God blesses people in a way that leaves them obligated only to Him. He doesn’t want you inserting yourself as a middleman in that transaction. Don’t collect what God asked you to leave alone. Don’t insert yourself where God is sealing a covenant. May you never become a partaker of another man’s divine process—and may no polluted gift cancel the blessing God has planned for your life.

THOUGHT TO PONDER:
Am I content with only what God is giving me, or do I press for things that could cancel my divine portion? Have I unknowingly stepped into what God asked me to walk away from?

PRAYER:
Lord, deliver me from every root of Gehazi’s syndrome. I will not chase what You have not assigned to me, in Jesus’ name. Amen.