ACCESS DIVINE COUNSEL – Wednesday July 26th 2017
Memorise: sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. John 17:17
17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
MESSAGE:
Access
to divine guidance is one yardstick you can use to determine whether
you are a sheep in the fold of Jesus Christ, the Great Shepherd.
This is
very central to our walk with God, as it determines the status of our
relationship with Christ. Amassing years in the faith is not as
important as increasing the frequency of receiving divine guidance. This
means that if you receive Jesus Christ as Lord and saviour some 5, 10,
20 or more years ago, but still cannot easily be led by the Spirit of
God on various matters, you are hardly growing spiritually. Romans 8:14 says,
“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”
A close walk with the Holy Spirit is the bedrock for receiving divine guidance. In John 16:13,
Jesus clearly stated one major reason why the Holy Spirit was sent to
the world. Open Heavens 26 July 2017: Wednesday daily devotional by
Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Access Divine Counsel. The
Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth, and so it falls within the purview
of His duties to guide you along the path of truth. If you have a knotty
issue that cannot be unravelled, simply go to the Holy Spirit, and He
will guide you aright. He operates in the realm of truth and necessarily
facts. Some people equate facts with truth but that is not often the
case. Just as lies are a distortion of the facts, facts can sometimes be
contrary to truth. Facts are observations that have been subjected to
interpretations based on current knowledge, and because knowledge
changes, facts can also change.
What then is truth? The Lord Jesus Christ answers this question in John 17:17:
“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
The word of God is truth. Also, the Godhead is an embodiment of truth. In fact, Jesus in John 14:6 declared:
…I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
Truth
is based on faith. If you will receive divine guidance, you must be
prepared to walk in God’s path of truth. The truth is ever constant. God
wants His children to walk with the truth and not necessarily by facts.
Open Heavens 26 July 2017. When a child of God is ill for example, the
fact is that there are physical signs and manifestations of the ailment
on that individual, but the truth is that Jesus has already paid the
price of the healing of every child of God. For this reason, the Bible
says we walk by faith (truth) and not by sight (facts) (2nd Corinthians 5:7).
This means, you must be a person of faith. You must live by the truth
and not contradict God’s word by your lifestyle. Also, you cannot be
telling lies and expect the truth of God to be revealed to you. Choose
to live by truth today.
Key Point
A liar cannot receive a revelation of the Truth until he or she is ready to dump falsehood.
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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