Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Memorise: And the king communed with them; and among them
all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood
they before the king. Daniel 1:19
Read: Daniel 1:3-4
Many children of God who entered their promise land did not
enter because they were super humans, but because they received divine
inspirations and promptings which they simply obeyed. Some others who failed to
enter failed because they refused His promptings. May you not neglect the
inspiration that will lead you into your breakthrough in Jesus name.
However you need to know that grace chooses who to bless and
it is not by chance. In Luke 5:1-7 the Lord got to the lake of Gennesaret and
met two boats belonging to two different people. And He chose Peter’s boat.
Why? It is because He does not choose lazy people. In God’s Kingdom, there is
no room for lazy bones. He will never show mercy to the last fellow because his
laziness is repulsive to Him.
Seest thou a man
diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand
before mean men. Proverbs 22:29
Diligence and hard work are non negotiable for the one who
will be relevant in God’s Kingdom. This even extends to the secular world.
Today, it is not uncommon to find organisations employing fresh graduates who
have a second class upper. Those who have first class will have organisations
fight over them where merit counts. Every king needs able assistants. The
quality of those that stand before a king tells a lot about the level of the
king. A king is known by the quality of advisers operating around him. To stand
before the king, you must be diligent. In Daniel 1:3-4, a selection was made of
those to stand before the king of Babylon. At the end, verses 19-20 of Daniel 1
says that Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, amd Azariah had no rival. They were ten
times better so they stood before the king. To stand before the King of kings,
being diligent is not enough; you have to be super diligent. There are some
believers with just one talent and God wants to give them more, yet the one
they have is not well utilised. With the baptism of the Holy Spirit, how many
believers are operating the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit? How many are
manifesting the nine dimensions of the fruit of the Spirit? It is all about
diligence. Will your present level of works make you stand before kings or even
before the King of kings?
ACTION POINT:
Pray that everything it will take you to stand before kings
and especially before the King of kings, God will do it in your life. If you
have not been baptized in the Holy Spirit after salvation, see your pastor for
help.
Bible in one year: 1 Samuel 1-3
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