Criticism vs Intercession

Few years ago, I learnt from one of Rick Joyner's writing that it is wrong to pay attention to the doings of devil and demons. He added that our soul can begin to take up a dark nature as a result. At that time, it was a bit hard for me to understand.

I have found out that if I give attention to what someone, an organization or a generation is doing wrong, it begins to affect the posture of my heart so much that it becomes hard for me to see anything good in them. In other words, your soul begin to get dark. Bitterness, envy, jealousy, gossip, anger are different expressions of darkness in the soul. This is the reason why the scripture says we should guard our hearts.

We must learn to consistently see the good in people. Not just their wrong doings alone. Learn to commend people when they do the right thing. Praise them, sometimes publicly to let them know that they are appreciated for the work they are doing. Don't stay in criticism for too long; it harms the soul.

And when you are wronged, forgive! The most rounded definition of forgiveness that I have heard and strive to follow is what is practiced in Scripture Pasture Christian Center.

Pastor Olubi describes an offender as a person who locked himself in a room and throws the key out at the offended person. If the offender will ever come out of that room, it means that it is the offended person that will open the door.

He explained his small parable that the offender has a behaviour that is not correct and as such the offended person must look for a way to ensure that the behaviour comes off the person. So the offended must give life (pray) until that death in the offender's soul is completely removed which means that the process of forgiveness is not really complete until you pray and that person stops behaving like that.

I tell you that it is hard, but very therapeutic! You ensure that your soul does not take up the darkness and the person is also freed from the character. This should be our response to offence from our brethren. Like Pastor Poju once said, 'in this christian walk, you have a lot of forgiving to do'.

God help us!

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