Ever heard the phrase, “more than you ever wanted to know about---?” The topic that I’ve been assigned for this month is one of those about which I could tell you “more...” I’ll spare you ANY details, but be forewarned-you NEVER want to go there-whether it is your spiritual family or the one you were born into physically. The only positive thing to say about a divided house is that there are lessons to be gleaned from it.
1. A house divided cannot stand. A house can be divided into more than two sides and the more sides, the less opportunity for overcoming the division. It eventually dissolves.
2. Living in a house divided is not pleasant. I recently heard a person use the expression, “I will not become the rope in your tug-of-war.” That sums up the feeling of being in a divided house. Each major player is constantly trying to convert people to “their side”.
3. Residents of a house divided are beyond reasoning. Ever try to reason with a screaming two-year-old, or sixty-two-year-old for that matter? The Native Americans described a person consumed by anger as being “loco”. One source I consulted defined the word “loco” as “to be afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness. The plant known as loco weed can poison horses and other cattle as well as humans and drive them insane.” This basically describes those who continue to live in a divide house.
4. At some point, the divided house must be abandoned. People who are working at cross-purposes cannot coexist. (v30). Jesus said, “He who is not with me is against me.”

Are you for Him or against Him? He does not reside in a house divided.