BE SPIRITUALLY SMART

2 Corinthians 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Spiritual smartness is required to lay hold on our inheritance as the journey of life continues. If you are not smart spiritually, the devil can rob you or defraud you of your inheritance. That is, you can be obeying all the commandments of God, and not getting the benefit of your obedience because someone is defrauding you. But we are not ignorant of his devices, and that is why spiritual smartness is needed. 

Your enemy, the devil, is very clever; he is subtle, he will study you and know your weakness, so that he can defraud you of your goods, but that will not be you, in Jesus name. Eve was spiritual, but she was not smart; if she were smart, she would have known that she was already like God and that she did not need to eat the forbidden fruit to become one (Genesis 3:1-5). Jesus Christ was very smart spiritually and did not need the devil to convince him to work against God (Matthew 4:1-11). So, someone can be spiritual but not spiritually smart. If the devil knew that crucifying Christ would bring about his replications, he would have fought very hard to stop him, but he was outsmarted. Jesus Christ outsmarted him every step of the way. He tried to use Peter to stop him, but Christ silenced him, and he forgot (Matthew 16:21-23). As Christ is so we are in this world (1 John 4:17). So we have what it takes to outsmart our enemies anytime, and any day. 

1 Corinthians 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

To be spiritually smart means to be always alert and refuse to be caught off guard. 1 Peter 5:8 (Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour).

It means being able to outsmart the enemy and to make them cry. It means getting them to fall into their own trap. Doing the right thing is spiritual, but doing things right is called spiritual smartness. That is, you are focusing on getting results. If you are doing the right things and you are not getting the required result, it means you need to change strategies, you need to be smart; it means the devil has found a way to defraud you; you need to shine your eyes. You need to combine your efficiency with effectiveness, and with that, your victory is guaranteed. You have to be strategic in your race so that you can obtain the prize and be sure you are not just beating the air, that you are hitting a target. You need to catch something in your hand because Life is all about results. God wants you to have a result because you have to show Him something to confirm that you actually ran the race to the end. 

1 Corinthians 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

The above scriptures are examples of spiritual smartness. Paul tells the people to be smart so that they will not be victims of what they are preaching against. It confirms to us that Paul was a very smart athlete; he does not give the devil a chance. 

For example, you can be spiritual by obeying the commandment of soul-winning, but it takes spiritual intelligence to avoid arguing with the devil in the harvest field. That is, being able to recognize when the devil has entered an unripe soul to waste your time so that you will not get to meet the ripe soul waiting for you somewhere. He wants you to spend the hours you would have used to win at least ten souls on one unripe soul that will not surrender to Jesus. 

Friends, say this out loud to yourself: From today, I am going to be very smart in my race, I will not allow the enemy to defraud me again, I am no longer his victim. I am going to focus on the prize; I will refuse to be distracted.

If you are not like Jesus, you cannot outsmart the enemy; if you are not born of the Spirit, you may not be able to operate in the Spirit. Friends, I have good news for you. Here is another opportunity to be born of the spirit today. Quickly pray the salvation below and receive the spirit of adoption, calling God your father. God bless you.

Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins and accept You as my Lord and Saviour. I believe you died for me to make me a new man/woman. Forgive me all my sins, wash me with your blood, and give me a new heart. Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul. Now I believe I am born again. And I am a child of God. Amen!

NENE ISAH,

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