What sabotage really is
When was the last time you heard the word sabotage? And whose image comes to mind when you think ‘Saboteur’?
Sabotage is an 8-letter word which weighs lesser but wrecks more havoc than a careening 8-wheeler truck that skids off a highway.
While sabotage is something done to us, self sabotage is something done by us to us.
Both have the same aim …..to deliberately circumvent, destabilise, obstruct or destroy something meant to thrive
However, while the external betrayal tends to hurt us more, we coddle the internal one. This deeper hurt stems from the fact that we recognise the overt or subtle intentionality behind the enemy’s or supposed friend or lover’s attack. But blind to ours.
Am I a sabo?
A saboteur is anyone who undermines a mission from within. And when that saboteur is us, the consequences can be devastating.
Self‑sabotage is the slow erosion of a God‑given future through fear, compromise, pride, or passivity. It’s not loud rebellion. It’s the subtle choices that chip away at calling. It’s the refusal to confront what God has already highlighted. It’s the comfort that becomes a cage.
And the irony? We are not aware when we play a saboteur in our own destiny.
How this topic came about
It is a topic I have been uncomfortably sitting with in recent months. Actually, one that God called me out on, loudly on Friday the 17th of April.
It wasn’t the gentle rebuke of a friend, careful not to do irreparable damage to your friendship. It was that strident yell of an exasperated parent tired of watching you totter on the threshold and undermining your capacity
I began learning something at the community centre. Picked a project. Started and stopped. Daily, it sat beside my bed staring at me. Daily, I glanced at it ruefully and averted my eyes
The words:
“This so-called perfectionism is masked fear. You are terrified of failure and that is why you are delaying. How do you want to learn if you do not fail?
God
Quit asking the Holy Spirit for help because you can only obtain help at the place of doing. Do it afraid. Spoil it but you would have learnt something new in the process”
That one encounter opened a doorway. A gateway into the singular encyclopedia which I am very conversant with. And as I deep dived; names – other humans like you and I – tumbled out.
And now, I share with you, biblical characters who eroded their God-given future through fear, compromise, doubts, passivity or pride
Why This Series Matters
Some of Scripture’s most haunting stories aren’t the famous rebels/celebrities we already know;
- Samson
- Saul
- David
- Solomon
- Rehoboam
- Gideon
- Ananias & Sapphira
they’re the ‘almosts’. The men and women who stood on the edge of destiny and quietly dismantled their own future. Their lives are mirrors, exposing the patterns that still sabotage us today.
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Dear Reader, come walk with me through this 5‑Day Journey Into Hidden Self‑Sabotage
Over the next five days, we’ll explore lesser‑known biblical figures (celebrities, influencers, assistants) whose stories carry weight, warning, and revelation:
Beginning with the Influencer who quietly faded away…….
Tomorrow.
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