On April 30, 1980 six armed gunmen took over the Iranian Embassy in London. Max Vernon was a chief inspector for the police who had taken negotiation training, so he was called in to negotiate with the terrorists. For six days Vernon and others talked to the terrorists, trying to bring a peaceful end to the siege.
On May 5th, the terrorists assassinated one of their hostages and Vernon and the other negotiators knew they would not be successful. The Special Air Service, a special forces corps of the British Army, moved in and ended the siege. Two hostages were hit by crossfire and five of the six terrorists were killed.
Vernon went into a deep depression for several months. He said after the siege ended he went into a corner and cried, feeling as though he had failed.
When sin invades our lives, we often try to negotiate a peaceful ending. We think if we can hold out long enough, the enemy will give up and leave peacefully. When that doesn’t happen, we feel a sense of failure and it can often lead to a sense of depression. We know how we out to be, but we fail to do it. The things we want to do, we don’t do and the things we don’t want to do, those are the things we keep doing.
Our negotiations will never work with the Devil. He doesn’t play by our rules. We can’t negotiate with him because we cannot outlast him. He is relentless. The only thing we can do is call in the Special Force. Not Special Forces, but THE SPECIAL FORCE.
Jesus Christ has already defeated our enemy. Satan has no power over him. And if Christ dwells in us, the Devil has no power over us either.
We need to quit trying to negotiate with the enemy and let the power of Christ reign in our lives.
Think about it.
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