Open Heavens 19 September 2017: Tuesday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Ground is not for you
Open Heavens 19 September 2017: Tuesday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Ground is not for you
THE GROUND IS NOT FOR YOU – Tuesday September 19th 2017
Memorise: For a just man
falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into
mischief. Proverbs 24:16
Read: Luke 22:31-34 (KJV)
22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath
desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and
when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
22:34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow
this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
MESSAGE:
It’s
a fact of life that we are all susceptible to making mistakes. However, when we
make mistakes, we must have the strength of character to admit our mistakes and
also to resolve never to repeat them again (Proverbs 28:13). A child
learning to walk will stand up, take a step or two and fall down again. You
will observe however that in spite of these falls, he or she does not give up
trying. The child will repeatedly make attempts at walking, and in the process
of time, the child will not only walk, he or she will also run, leap and jump,
all without falling to the ground like before. Do not turn a mistake into your
final destination. Can you believe that because some people made a mistake in
their walk of faith in Christ, they gave up the race entirely and decided to
die there? That is most unfortunate! Some people cannot forgive themselves for
either denying Jesus at a very crucial moment when their faith was tested, or
for falling into a particular sin that
they have been preaching against all along. Such people need to learn from the
example of Apostle Peter, who thrice denied Christ. The Lord had to make him
realise that it was not over yet. That same Peter was the one who later led the
other disciples in defending their faith in Christ and in propagating the Good
News of the gospel around the world.
“Rejoice not against me, O mine
enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light
unto me.”Micah 7:8
One
lesson from this scripture is that the fact that you slipped and fell does not
mean that the enemy has won the battle over your life. He hasn’t. It also says
that there is the possibility of a comeback. From where you fell, you shall
arise in Jesus’ Name! Your rise shall be more formidable! You may say that your
case is a bad one because you have fallen so many times and you therefore
concluded that it was better to stop trying. Oh, how wrong you are! Proverbs 24:16
says it is possible for a righteous man to fall seven times and still rise. To
fall seven times simply refers to the possibility of falling to a point of
experiencing what most people will call the final or ultimate fall. Yet, even
at that, if you are a child of God, the Lord says that you should not give up
hope. Make another attempt at reconciling with the Lord, confess your weakness
to Him, and ask for His help. He will lift you up and He will sustain you
afterwards. So are you still on the floor? Arise now!
Key Point
Failing and rising in the
Christian faith does not make you a failure, it only shows that you are at the
babyhood stage of maturity and would need to trust Jesus Christ the more.
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