Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Memorise: Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him that loved us. Romans 8:37
Read: Romans 8:36-37
Someone once said the phrase “more than conqueror” could mean that
you are greater than the conqueror. He cited the case of a boxer who goes into
the ring, fights and defeats his opponents, receives the prize and returns home
to handover the prize to his wife. According to this fellow, the wife is the
one who is more than a conqueror. Her husband is a conqueror because he endured
some beating and bruises, but the wife did not suffer anything yet the prize
was given to her on a platter of gold. In the same way, Jesus Christ our
Bridegroom engaged the devil in a duel. He was beaten, wounded, spat upon,
crucified and thirsted before He won and thereafter handed over the prize to
us.
Being more than conquerors could also connote someone that has
scored multiple victories from several battles or wars. There are several
enemies that accost us in the battles of life. One such enemies is generational
curses. This is a curse pronounced on someone from a family even before his
birth and it keeps affecting descendants of that family. For instance, in
Genesis 49:1-4, Jacob pronounced a curse on Reuben that he will never excel and
this affected his lineage years after. Some people are still suffering from a
similar curse. In spite of all their talents, natural endowments and
qualifications, they never get to the top. It is not because they are not
making enough effort; in real terms, they are making more than enough effort,
yet certain forces, in response to earlier curses frustrate them or make it
impossible for them to move to higher levels. Generational curses must not be
allowed in your life. In the Name that is above every other name, generational
curses operating in your life shall come to nothing in Jesus name. The family
of Eli that should have produced priests forever became one of beggars through
a divine curse (1 Samuel 2:30-34). Gehazi was also cursed with leprosy together
with his generation (2 Kings 5:20-27). Are you seeing signs of generational
curses in your life? Ask God to destroy it today. Also find out if there is
anything you are doing that makes such a curse to continue so that you can stop
it.
KEY POINT:
A believer is an agent of change. If what affects unbelievers in
your lineage affects you, it shows you have not fully appropriated Christ’s
victory on the Cross.
Bible
in one year: Exodus 11-13
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