Yours is the living child

" And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me while your handmaid slept and laid him in her bosom and laid her dead child in my bosom 1 Kings 3:20."

Two women living under one roof had been both blessed with sons. They had experienced fruitfulness and one can only imagine the level of excitement that was in their hearts as they nursed their babies. It was in the midst of this that one night at midnight; one of the women carelessly slept on her child and suffocated him.

At that moment, whilst the other woman slept, an illegal swop took place. It was a theft of a rare order, one which would deny this woman a son, the very fruit of her labour and womb. The woman who suffocated her child removed the dead one from her bosom and took the living one into her own bosom. Whilst the other woman slept, she was plundered and lost what was rightfully hers.

When she woke up to nurse her child, she realized the child was dead. I want you to understand that the enemy does not rest; he seeks to steal and devour. There are many things that you have received from the Father and celebrated which the enemy is targeting. A moment of napping and relaxation might end up with a loss of great magnitude. As you wake up each morning and heard to that office to engage in your business, always be alert knowing that the adversary is always looking for an opportunity to bring what you are doing down. That business is a good gift from above and the enemy is not pleased with that. That job you have, the marriage, your children, your health and many good things around you are not pleasing to the enemy of your soul. The devil wants to swop it at night whilst you sleep and replace it with a dead, non functional thing. He wants to empty your bosom of the best and replace it with the worst.

Thank God that in the morning, when things were clear and apparent the woman who had lost her child considered the dead child and realized that this child was not the one she had given birth to. She used the virtue of consideration to identify the illegal transaction that had taken place in the night. The word tells us to be vigilant and sober for our adversary the devil is roaming around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Pet 5:8).

I declare prophetically into your life right now that the enemy will no more make you conduct funerals when you should be celebrating your fruitfulness. I declare that the virtue of consideration is coming on you. You will analyze and understand things. I declare that you are being empowered to go after the thief and boldly demand the return of your fruit in Jesus' name.

Refuse for the enemy to just make you cry without understanding of what the issues are. You have to consider the things around you and allow the wisdom from above to enable you to discern and interpret things as they are. When they approached King Solomon, it took wisdom to unravel a seemingly difficult mystery. What looked impossible was changed into possibility by the power of God. Today you will triumph because of the wisdom of God that is in on you.