WHY HUNGER? – Wednesday June 21st 2017
Memorize: My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: Psalm 63:5
19:23 The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
19:24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Bible in one year: Judges 12-14, Jeremiah 51:12-26, Hymn: Sing hymn 10
One
of our benefits as the sheep of the Great Shepherd is the assurance of
provision. If you are a sheep of Jesus, you will definitely be fed and
hunger will be alien to you. Psalm 37:3 says,
“Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.”
If
God has promised that we shall be fed, why then are some of us hungry
and even starving today? Several factors are responsible for this, first
of which is that some people erroneously mistaken poverty for
righteousness and wealth or sinfulness.
Some people have chosen to be
poor so as to make Heaven. This is a fallacy! Do you know that so many
poor people on earth, after suffering here, end up in Hell, whereas many
believing Christians who were rich on earth continue to swim in eternal
riches in Heaven? Open Heavens 21 June 2017: Wednesday daily devotional
by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Why Hunger? The choice is yours. Do not choose
what will destroy but what will deliver you. Abraham was rich on earth,
died and continued to live in God’s abundance in Heaven. What is your
choice? If you are still holding onto such negative beliefs or
stereotypes, then you need to have a change of mindset.
Also,
some believers are hungry today because they have violated God’s
financial principles. For instance, if you are not faithfully paying
your tithe, you are inviting devourers to drive you into hunger. If you
fail to pay your first fruits, you will be giving the enemy legal
grounds to contest your job, open doors or breakthrough, and this could
lead to hunger.
Similarly, when you eat up the seeds you are meant to
sow after every provision that comes to you, you will lose the harvest
that could keep you from starving tomorrow. Some believers are in hunger
as a result of reckless spending. They want to spend everything they
have in one day. If you eat up a month’s provision in one week, you may
have to spend the remaining weeks in hunger. In addition, some believers
do not really trust God but in the quality of their certificate,
wisdom, knowledge and skill. This attitude has resulted in God stepping
aside from their affairs in order to make them realise how little they
can achieve by their limited strength. Hence, such people have ended up
in disappointment and lack. Beyond this, others are in hunger because of
laziness, as they have refused to take up opportunities to gather
wealth. Lack and poverty may also be as a result of satanic manipulation
and control. Are you hungry? Is it caused by your actions or inactions?
Arise and put things in order today and turn away from hunger and
lack!
Key Point
The
Child of a billionaire cannot be starving for what to eat. You are the
child of the richest person in the universe. You should not lack any
good thing.
Open
Heavens Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the
largest evangelical Church in the world and also the President of Christ
the Redeemer's Ministries.
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