Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Memorise: My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that
watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. Psalms
130:6
Read: Psalms 130:5-6
Anyone who is too much in a hurry will most likely miss out
from God’s agenda. God is very patient. If you will walk with Him, you too must
be patient or else you will find yourself going ahead of Him. 1 Thessalonians
5:17 says, “Pray without ceasing”. Luke
11:9-11 says keep knocking until the door opens; wait as long as it takes. You
may never get some valuable blessings if you are not patient. One particular
year, immediately after we rounded up our Convention, I told my people I need
rest and therefore would not attend to anyone. A woman from the north came and
asked if I was home. They said yes, but also told her that I was not going to
see anybody. They served her food and told her I was not coming out that day.
She replied that she was in no hurry and that any day I decide to come out, I
will meet her there. Later, my wife came and told me that the woman had refused
to go until she sees me. I had to suspend my rest to meet her in my sleeping
dress. I asked her what her problem was
and she said it was her head. She said whenever something good was coming, her
head would refuse it and that I should just touch her head and she will go. So
I did and she left.
When was the last time you held unto God like Jacob or like
this woman and told Him you are tired of being an ordinary, powerless Christian
or minister; that you were going nowhere until He did something about your
situation? That was the kind of persistence we knew in time past. When I newly
joined the Redeemed Christian Church of God newly, after the morning service we
would go home. By the time we returned for the evening service, there would
still be people who have not left, still settling their issues with God. You
cannot persist like that and not expect something good to happen to you. If you
can hold on to God, He will take you serious and attend to you. If you are too
busy to wait on Him, He will tell you He is busier. After all, you may just
attend to some tens or hundreds of issues while He is attending to billions on
earth and at the same time attending to the billions in Heaven, besides all the
animals, birds, fishes etc. Learn to hold on to God!
ACTION POINT:
Until Jacob wrestled with God, the prince in him remained
buried. Release your princely potentials by wrestling with God today.
Bible in one year: Leviticus 20-23
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