08-03-2018, 10:09 AM
OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
FRIDAY 3RD AUGUST 2018
THEME: DIVINE SET-UP
Memorise:
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and said, is it not because the Lord has anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? 1st Samuel 10:1
Reading: 1st Samuel 9:15-10:1
1 Samuel 9 vs 15 Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
1 Samuel 10 vs 1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
MESSAGE:
The wants of our God are unsearchable and beyond human comprehension Romans 11:33. You need to understand this if not you will miss out on the good things the Lord has in store for His children. Using natural methods to search out or predict the plans of God is not just counterproductive, it also leads to frustration. This is why Romans 8:5-6 says:
“For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the spirit the things of the spirit. For to be carnally minded is death ; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”
Anyone who tries to box God into a pattern will definitely miss His visitation when it happens. In Genesis 18:1-16, when the guest from heaven seems to be passing by Abraham’s tent, little did he know it was a divine set up for him to be blessed. Thanks be to God that Abraham did not miss his blessing. His gesture of hospitality brought to fulfilment God’s promise which he had waited on for so many years.
When the Lord asks you to do something unusual, He is only setting you up for an unusual miracle. In Joshua chapter 2, the visit of two spies to Rehab was a divine set-up to make her an agent of salvation to her entire household. My prayer is that the grace to do the unusual that will bring the type of miracles nobody has ever experienced before will be given to you today in Jesus’ Name.
Do you know that God’s commandments on paying of tithes, offering and first fruits was nothing but divine set-ups for superabundant blessings? When you get a taste of this, you will testify that the Lord is good indeed.
Today’s Bible reading narrates the story of a divine arrangement in favour of the first king of Israel, Saul. God wanted to anoint him king over Israel, so he caused his father’s donkeys to go missing. This made Saul to search all over for them, until he got to Samuel the king-maker.
Before Saul’s arrival at the place where Samuel was, the Lord had spoken to Samuel about his visit and instructed him to anoint Saul king over all Israel.
Meanwhile unknown to Saul, while he and his Servant wandered about by divine set-up, the missing donkeys were already found. I pray for you today that the Lord would divinely set you up for promotion and breakthrough in life in Jesus’ Name.
Where we cannot see a single way, God can see uncountable ways for carrying out his agenda. When the Lord was leading me to the Redeemed Christian Church of God in 1973 in search of peace in my life and home, little did I know it was for the purpose of fulfilling his own agenda for my life.
If I had any hint then that I would become a pastor, maybe I would have sought spiritual help somewhere else, where I would not be considered for pastoral work.
The Lord’s ways are indeed unsearchable!
Prayer point:
Father, please cause me to be sensitive to Your set-up for unusual breakthrough in my life, in Jesus’ Name.
Bible in one year:
Job 1-4, Matthew 13:1-23
HYMN 4: TRUST AND OBEY
1. When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His word
What a glory He sheds on our way! While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey
Chorus:
Trust and obey,
for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
but to trust and obey.
2. Not a shadow can rise,
Not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away; Not a doubt nor a fear
Not a sigh nor a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.
3. Not a burden we bear,
Not a sorrow we share
But our toil He doth richly repay; Not a grief nor a loss,
Not a frown nor a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey.
4. But we never can prove
The delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favour He shows,
And the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.
5. Then in fellowship sweet
We will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way; What He says we will do
Where He sends we will go
Never fear, only trust and obey.
FRIDAY 3RD AUGUST 2018
THEME: DIVINE SET-UP
Memorise:
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and said, is it not because the Lord has anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? 1st Samuel 10:1
Reading: 1st Samuel 9:15-10:1
1 Samuel 9 vs 15 Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
1 Samuel 10 vs 1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
MESSAGE:
The wants of our God are unsearchable and beyond human comprehension Romans 11:33. You need to understand this if not you will miss out on the good things the Lord has in store for His children. Using natural methods to search out or predict the plans of God is not just counterproductive, it also leads to frustration. This is why Romans 8:5-6 says:
“For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the spirit the things of the spirit. For to be carnally minded is death ; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”
Anyone who tries to box God into a pattern will definitely miss His visitation when it happens. In Genesis 18:1-16, when the guest from heaven seems to be passing by Abraham’s tent, little did he know it was a divine set up for him to be blessed. Thanks be to God that Abraham did not miss his blessing. His gesture of hospitality brought to fulfilment God’s promise which he had waited on for so many years.
When the Lord asks you to do something unusual, He is only setting you up for an unusual miracle. In Joshua chapter 2, the visit of two spies to Rehab was a divine set-up to make her an agent of salvation to her entire household. My prayer is that the grace to do the unusual that will bring the type of miracles nobody has ever experienced before will be given to you today in Jesus’ Name.
Do you know that God’s commandments on paying of tithes, offering and first fruits was nothing but divine set-ups for superabundant blessings? When you get a taste of this, you will testify that the Lord is good indeed.
Today’s Bible reading narrates the story of a divine arrangement in favour of the first king of Israel, Saul. God wanted to anoint him king over Israel, so he caused his father’s donkeys to go missing. This made Saul to search all over for them, until he got to Samuel the king-maker.
Before Saul’s arrival at the place where Samuel was, the Lord had spoken to Samuel about his visit and instructed him to anoint Saul king over all Israel.
Meanwhile unknown to Saul, while he and his Servant wandered about by divine set-up, the missing donkeys were already found. I pray for you today that the Lord would divinely set you up for promotion and breakthrough in life in Jesus’ Name.
Where we cannot see a single way, God can see uncountable ways for carrying out his agenda. When the Lord was leading me to the Redeemed Christian Church of God in 1973 in search of peace in my life and home, little did I know it was for the purpose of fulfilling his own agenda for my life.
If I had any hint then that I would become a pastor, maybe I would have sought spiritual help somewhere else, where I would not be considered for pastoral work.
The Lord’s ways are indeed unsearchable!
Prayer point:
Father, please cause me to be sensitive to Your set-up for unusual breakthrough in my life, in Jesus’ Name.
Bible in one year:
Job 1-4, Matthew 13:1-23
HYMN 4: TRUST AND OBEY
1. When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His word
What a glory He sheds on our way! While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey
Chorus:
Trust and obey,
for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
but to trust and obey.
2. Not a shadow can rise,
Not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away; Not a doubt nor a fear
Not a sigh nor a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.
3. Not a burden we bear,
Not a sorrow we share
But our toil He doth richly repay; Not a grief nor a loss,
Not a frown nor a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey.
4. But we never can prove
The delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favour He shows,
And the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.
5. Then in fellowship sweet
We will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way; What He says we will do
Where He sends we will go
Never fear, only trust and obey.