Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
The Spirit of
the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good
tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty
to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; Isaiah
Chapter 61 verse 1.
“The Spirit of
the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the
poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of
sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,to proclaim the year of the
Lord’s favor .Luke Chapter 4 verses 18 to 19.
But beloved, please wait a minute. Did Hannah’s unhappiness
on account of Peninah’s venom make Peninah a happy woman? Not at all! Peninah
continued in her misery as she really and truly was the unhappy one who could
not find anything to be happy about in life. In reality, Peninah was the one
who needed help be it spiritual, medical, psychological, emotional, you name
it; urgently. Yet, Peninah hid her unhappiness and great need for help in
bullying Hannah mentally. Are you a bully? You need help urgently as a bully is
actually manifesting his or her great cry for help in whatever form s/he
bullies other people. Unfortunately for Peninah, no one took notice of her
great and desperate cry for help as Elkanah focused his energies on consoling
Hannah and reassuring her of his undying love for her. So, Peninah suffered and
unleashed her pain and anger on Hannah.
While Peninah enjoyed her evil reign of torturing
Hannah mentally and spiritually; year in and year out, God was at work in the
life of Hannah. Gradually and progressively, Hannah came to realize that God
created and owned her life for a purpose. One day, Hannah rose above the mental
and emotional torture, made peace with God; restored her relationship with God;
akin to what Elijah did for Israel in 1st
Kings Chapter 18 by restoring the altar of the Lord. Thereafter, Hannah
experienced an abundance of the love of God, the peace of God and requested for
a child. She also experienced and enjoyed more of the love of her husband and
an abundance of the fruit of the womb just as Israel experienced abundant rainfall
after the restoration of the altar. Her broken heart had been healed.
Also, God exceeded the expectations of Hannah and
made her a mother of four sons and two daughters. Significantly and quite
instructive to all bullies and those who allow themselves to be used as tools
of satanic oppression in the hands of the enemy; no mention was made of Peninah
and her children after Hannah became a mother. Additionally, Peninah and her
children are not mentioned in the genealogy of Elkanah. What a way to be
delisted from God’s written history of families. Peninah expunged herself and
her children from the genealogy of Elkanah by her bitter heart and venomous
mouth. Great lessons to learn from Peninah’s heart and tongue!
Beloved, Peninah could have asked for help if only
she knew that the envy she entertained against Hannah had denigrated to the
bitterness that was consuming her and destroying her emotionally and
spiritually. Are you envious of anyone? Seek help urgently and get it out of
your system before it destroys you like it destroyed Saul. Are you bitter
because you have been hurt or there are other negative emotions you have
entertained which have taken over your emotions? You can request help and be
free. Jesus came to set the captives free and heal the broken hearted. Do not
die in silence or shame. God can heal you completely and set you free to enjoy
a life of bliss and happiness where you become a blessing to other people. He
is patiently waiting for you to request help – ask and you will receive. May
God bless you as you do so and turn your emotional fortunes around in the
mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Finally, are you in the midst of Peninahs and you
are distraught and heartbroken? Let not your heart be troubled as greater is
God Who is in you, Who loves you and cares about you and to Whom all power
belongs than a host of Peninahs against you. God is able to silence and put to
shame all the Peninahs around you by His Spirit in the mighty name of Jesus
Christ. Simply focus on God and His word and ignore all the Peninahs around
you. In point of fact, one of the best ways to deal with the Peninahs of this
world is to ignore them and be deaf to the poison they emit. Do not permit any
of it in any way in your mental processes as it has the capacity to keep you
rooted to a spot if you pay attention to it.
Shalom.
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