ANOTHER MAN’S OFFENCES

A Deep Thoughts Devotional Story
© Opeyemi Akintunde
As Inspired by the LIVING WORD

Clare had built her small shop with dedication and prayer. Every morning, she would anoint the entrance, commit the day into God’s hands, and trust Him for growth.

For a while, everything flourished. Customers came steadily, sales increased, and peace filled the atmosphere.

But suddenly, things began to change.
Sales dropped.
Strange losses occurred.
An unusual heaviness settled in the shop.

Clare was confused. “Lord, what is happening? I have done nothing wrong…”

Unknown to her, the young assistant she had employed had been living a double life. After closing hours, she brought in activities that polluted the environment things that had no place in a space dedicated to God.

What Clare didn’t do, she was experiencing.
What she didn’t permit knowingly, she was suffering unknowingly.

One day, after seeking God earnestly, she felt led to make a change. She let the assistant go. Days later, people around began to speak of what had been happening secretly in her shop.

The moment truth came to light, everything made sense.

Slowly, peace returned.
Customers began to come again.
The atmosphere shifted.

Clare learned a deep spiritual truth:
Sometimes, people suffer not because of their own actions, but because of what is allowed, knowingly or unknowingly within their space.

In the Old Testament, priests were held responsible for what happened around the sanctuary.

Likewise, in life, environments matter.
What happens around you can affect you.
What you permit can influence what you experience.

This is why discernment is important.
This is why spiritual awareness matters.

But above all, God is merciful.
When you cry out to Him, He reveals, He restores, and He delivers.

KEY SCRIPTURE:
Leviticus 18:25 – “And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.”

PRAYER POINTS:

Lord, in any way I am suffering because of the actions of others, have mercy on me and deliver me.
Father, open my eyes to see anything around me that is working against my life and destiny.
Lord, purify my environment and restore everything I have lost unknowingly.

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