Open Heavens 14 October 2017: Saturday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – One with God is a majority
Open Heavens 14 October 2017:
Saturday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – One with God is a majority,
ONE WITH GOD IS A MAJORITY – Saturday October 14th
2017
Memorise: And he answered,
Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 2nd
Kings 6:16
Read: 2nd Kings
6:8-17 (KJV)
6:8 Then
the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants,
saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
6:9 And
the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not
such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
6:10 And
the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned
him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
6:11 Therefore
the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called
his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the
king of Israel?
6:12 And
one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that
is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
6:13 And
he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told
him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
6:14 Therefore
sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night,
and compassed the city about.
6:15 And
when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an
host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said
unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
6:16 And
he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with
them.
6:17 And
Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he
may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man;
and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire
round about Elisha.
Bible in one year: 2nd
Corinthians 8-10, Daniel 7:1-12, Hymn: Sing hymn 18
MESSAGE:
One
fundamental reason why some people have turned their back against godly living
is that the ungodly are more in number than those who are godly. It takes faith
in God to live a godly life in this age of political correctness, the
ascendancy of philosophies of relativism and humanism, and agitation for the
“fundamental human rights” of people involved in acts that are despicable to
God. Open Heaven 14 October 2017: Saturday daily devotional by Pastor E. A.
Adeboye – One with God is a majority. The age-long saying that “One with God is
a Majority” is no longer popular because no one wants to suffer humiliation and
marginalisation by the ungodly majority. The story in our Bible reading
demonstrates the truth that one with God is indeed a majority. While waging war
against the king of Israel, the king of Syria discovered that all the tactical
information he was discussing with his generals was somehow revealed to the
king of Israel again and again. The King of Syria was so troubled by this,
because he thought he had a mole among his men, divulging all his secrets to
the king of Israel. My prayer for you today is that God will expose every plan
of your enemies to you, and all their destructive schemes against you will fall
in Jesus’ Name. When the king of Syria discovered that Elisha was the divine
informant leaking his secrets, he ordered his arrest. On seeing the great host
of the king of Syria that came by night to arrest his master, the servant of
the prophet was so afraid and he cried out to Elisha, “Alas, my master! How
shall we do? “The prophet, in 2nd Kings 6:16, answered thus:
“….Fear not: for they that be
with us are more than they that be with them.”
After
Elisha prayed that the Lord should open the eyes of his servant, the young
prophet saw an angelic host with horses and chariots of fire around where they
were. There and then, he believed that indeed there is a majority of hosts with
the one who is on the Lord’s side.
The
question is, are you on God’s side? You have no reason to fear if indeed you
are with God. When we are in the minority from a physical perspective, our Lord
Jesus Christ warns us against being discouraged, because with God on our side,
we are always in the majority. After all, Jesus’ Name is Emmanuel, which means
“God with us” (Matthew
1:23). 1st John 4:4 says,
“Ye are of God, little children,
and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is
in the world.”
I
therefore encourage you to move on to the righteous side of God today. Moving
on to the side of Jesus Christ is moving on to the side of victory, redemption
and peaceful living.
Prayer Point
Father, I have learnt that one
with You is a majority, I therefore come to declare anew my allegiance to You.
Please receive me to your side and fight my battle for me.
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