PRINCIPLES, NOT TEARS – Wednesday September 27th 2017
Memorise: Forever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. Psalm 119:89
13:14 And the Lord said
unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine
eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward,
and eastward, and westward:
13:15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
13:16 And
I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can
number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.
MESSAGE:
If
your giving reflects a financial status below the level God has placed
you on, this would amount to demoting yourself. A wise fellow would
rather promote himself or herself by giving beyond the level of his or
her current financial status, so that God will upgrade him or her to
that level. Some people look at me with envy, thinking that God is
partial. No, He is not! God is not a respecter of persons, but He is a
respecter of principles. Open Heaven 27 September 2017: Wednesday daily
devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Principles, not tears. When Peter
realised this truth in Acts 10:34-35, He said:
“Of
a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every
nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with
him.”
When
you simply do what I do and follow the Bible principles that I fellow,
you will get the results that I get. I am not boasting, but if you think
it is boasting, then I am simply boasting in the Lord. My God is not a
God that is ruled by emotions. He is not moved by your tears or by you
rolling on the ground.
If there is something He expects you to do in
accordance with His word, but you leave it and begin to cry your eyes
out or roll on the ground for days and weeks, at the end of the day, He
will still be waiting for you to do what He expected of you before He
fulfils His promise to you. So the earlier you obey God, the sooner His
intervention will come. Some people think they can manipulate God with
their tricks. No they can’t. God would rather wait for you to obey, even
if it takes years, before releasing a desired blessing. Unfortunately,
some people out of stubbornness are making God wait almost their entire
life time!
“Now
the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy
kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew
thee:”
Genesis 12:1
When
God called Abraham and gave him some promises, He also gave him three
conditions he had to meet to access those promises. Abraham met two of
these conditions, but he considered one of them not to be as important.
He took Lot, his kindred, along with him. Probably he believed that his
family would consider him a wicked fellow if he left his late brother’s
son behind. For as long as he did not fulfil the condition of leaving
his entire kindred, God also refused to fulfil His promises. This
continued until Abraham began to feel the consequences of not separating
from his relatives as instructed by God. It was after he obeyed and
separated from Lot that God resumed discussions with him concerning His
promises. Abraham lost 13 years to disobedience! Don’t be so wise in
your own sight. Obey God today!
Key Point
Noise, acrobatics and tears do not move God: simple obedience does.
Open
Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons 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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