OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2025.

TOPIC: ACCORDING TO YOUR CAPACITY 2

MEMORISE

“I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.” - (Psalm 119:32)

READ: Exodus 23:29-30 (KJV)

29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

MESSAGE

Many years ago, someone suddenly walked up to me as I entered into a room and held my hand, saying, “I receive a double portion of the anointing.” I gently brushed the fellow off me as I thought to myself, "This is not how to receive the anointing.” Even if I were to lay hands on someone to impart the anointing to him or her, what will determine the working of the anointing in the fellow’s life will be his or her spiritual capacity.

Those who will walk in a measure of the anointing must engage in some things according to God's leading. They must consecrate themselves as led by God; if not, God will lift the anointing off them because the anointing attracts spirits. If a fellow carries a measure of the anointing and doesn't embrace the consecrations that are attached to it, the anointing will do more harm than good to the fellow.

Many years ago, I didn't fast the way I normally would have done before a particular Holy Ghost Service. During the service, I ministered with the anointing all through the night because God had already given it to me. However, after I retired to my room in the early hours of the morning, I could hardly stand up from the bed. The best way I can describe what happened to me is that my bones were like rubber. I had to beg God to give me the ability to at least attend the next meeting I had that afternoon. Fasting was not what I needed to flow in the anointing, but without fasting, the anointing could have really harmed me. God will not let you walk in the anointing that will be bigger than your capacity because it will destroy you.

If you want more of the anointing, then you must expand your spiritual capacity. God will not place a heavier weight of the anointing on a fellow beyond what he or she can manage. As a good Father, He doesn't want His gift to become the reason for anyone's destruction, so He would rather not give it. Having consistent fellowship with God is the key to building and enlarging your spiritual capacity. The closer you are to God, the bigger your spiritual capacity becomes.

Beloved, as we see in today's Bible reading, God requires His children to grow so that He can give them more of what He has already prepared for them. Build your spiritual capacity to carry a greater measure of the anointing; consistently spend quality time in God's presence and live a holy life. 

KEY POINT

To grow your spiritual capacity, you must fellowship with God regularly and obey His instructions. 

AUTHOR: Pastor E. A. Adeboye 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR

Proverbs 8 - 11

HYMN 12 - ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS!

1. Onward, Christian soldiers! Marching as to war, 

Looking unto Jesus, 

Who is gone before; 

Christ, the Royal Master, 

Leads against the foe; 

Forward into battle, 

See His banners go. 

CHORUS 

Onward, Christian soldiers! 

Marching as to war, 

Looking unto Jesus, 

Who is gone before. 

2. At the name of Jesus 

Satan's host doth Ilee; On then, Christian soldiers On to victory! Hell's foundations quiver At the shout of praise: Brothers, lift your voices, 

Loud your anthems raise. 

3. Like a mighty army 

Moves the Church of God: Brothers, we are treading 

Where the saints have trod. 

We are not divided, All one body we One in hope and doctrine, One in charity. 

4. Crowns and thrones may 

perish Kingdoms rise and wane; But the Church of Jesus 

Constant will remain: Gates of hell can never 'Gainst that church prevail; We have Christ's own promise And that cannot fail. 

5. Onward then, ye people, 

Join our happy throng; 

Blend with ours your voices 

In the triumph song: "Glory, praise and honour, Unto Christ the King", - This, through countless ages, Men and angels sing.