Rear gate!
1 Peter 5:8 "Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour".
On November 26 (this day) the 2008 Mumbai attacks, also referred to as the 26/11 attacks, were a series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks took place in November 2008. One of the place that was attacked was the ‘Cama and Albless Hospital’ for Women and Children, Mumbai.
Staff Nurse Anjali Kulthe was on night duty in the antenatal ward, in charge of about 20 women who were due to deliver their babies. It was around this time that the staff nurse, through the window of her ward on the first floor, saw terrorists Ajmal Kasab and his tall partner, Abu Ismail. The duo, who had jumped from the gate of the hospital at the rear-end, entered the premises and gunned down two guards, namely Bhanu Narkar and Baban Walu.
The state-run hospital has learned its lessons to step up security. In addition to higher boundary walls and CCTV cameras, there are guards at the rear exit, a special security room at the main entrance and also guards at the entrance of every ward in the hospital. Visitor-checking has been amped up too. The hospital now keeps the entry to the terrace and the ‘rear exit locked.’
Friend, don’t we also learn valuable lessons only after huge loss and death?
Let me compare this with the spiritual aspect, and show how much is being drained out through the ‘rear gate’ due to seer ignorance and carelessness. There are many out there who read the Bible, fast and pray; yet, fail to control their temper and the unbridled tongue that creates havoc. Massive leakage through the back door leaves you a weak person. Close the rear gate please!
Facebook and other social networking sites, happens to be the back doors through which the enemy enters to eat away the time - and leave nothing for God. Some youngsters are so active on Facebook that they browse even in the church! Think of that! Friend, if you are not aggressively committed to separating time for God, then it would never happen. If you feel, you have just enough time to pray and read the Bible, then ‘chuck’ everything else and put God first. If for a moment you feel, let me check important mails, then five minutes will drag on to an hour – beware!
Laziness, lethargy and carelessness are crucial back doors that are left open in the life of many brilliant, smart, educated men, women and even among Christian ministers; that cause huge embarrassment for the Kingdom of Christ. Please close these back doors! Make a committed effort to wake up early and start the day with prayer and reading the Bible which would surely bless you and keep you away from the evil forces.
After my encounter with Jesus, I aggressively started to close all ‘back doors’ in my life: I cut to pieces and destroyed all the secular movie CDs at home, I tore secular books that contradicted the Bible. Seriously, I did it. It is not only about opening the front door for Christ but closing the back door from satan is also of paramount importance!
