TOPIC: CONDUCTORS OF THE ANOINTING II
MEMORISE:
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Job 17:9
READ: Psalms 24:1-5
1 The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
MESSAGE
Yesterday, I rnentioned that the hands are conductors of the anointing upon a believer's head. What a believer does with his or her hands can determine how the Holy Spirit will operate. In Exodus 17:8-13, when Moses lifted up his hands on a hilltop, Israel prevailed over their enemies; however, when he becarne tired and dropped his hands, Israel started losing. In Exodus 14:21- 28, Moses' hands did something extraordinary; He stretched his hand over the sea, a strong east wind blew, and a way was created where there was none before. The east wind is another reference for the Holy Spirit in the Bible. This means that a believer's hands can determine how the Holy Spirit moves.
In 1981, after I had just become the General Overseer of RCCG, I travelled to lfewara, my hometown in South-West Nigeria. Then, there was no direct road linking lfe, a major city in the South-West region, to lfewara. To get to Ifewara, one would have to take a route through llesha, a smaller city within the region, making it an extra 70-kilometre journey. When I eventually got to my hometown, I told my people to make a request to God, and they asked for a motorable road linking lfewara to Ife. I asked them where exactly they wanted the road to be built, and they pointed it out. I lifted my hand and said, "In the name of Jesus, let there be a road." Six months later, the government decided to build a road from lfe to lfewara. There was no logical or political reason to do so, and they didn't build it to get votes because it was during a military regime; they built it because God found a hand that He could use to create a way where there was none.
Beloved, God needs your hands to perform great miracles on the earth. Psalm 24:4 says that only those who have clean hands can ascend unto the Lord's hill. Are your hands clean enough for God to use? Can He use them as channels to do His will on earth? You must not put your hands into anything that has an appearance of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22). Don't use your hands to give or collect bribes; it will grieve the Holy Spirit. Don't use them to engage in fornication or doctor figures to illegally enrich yourself; that will also grieve the Holy Spirit. Make your hands available and usable to God so that He can do mighty works through them.
PRAYER POINT
Father, my hands are available for Your use now and always.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Peter 1-5, 2 Peter 1-3
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE
HYMN 7: I AM THINE O LORD
1 I am Thine, O Lord,
I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith,
And be closer drawn to Thee.
Chorus:
Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.
2 Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the power of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine.
3 O the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God,
I commune as friend with friend!
4 There are depths of love
that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy
that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee.
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