DELAYED PROVISION – Friday September 29th 2017
Memorise: The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Psalm 145:15
10:7 And
I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not
the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to
hide themselves.
10:9 Yet
heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his
words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the
ground.
10:10 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
10:11 And
he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words
that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent.
And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
10:12 Then
said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou
didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy
God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
10:13 But
the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days:
but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I
remained there with the kings of Persia.
MESSAGE:
More
often than not, when a man receives provision before he or she has need
for it, wastage occurs. Such a fellow will entertain expenditures that
are focused more on unnecessary wants rather than on needs.
This is why
such an individual needs wisdom, guidance and lots of self-denial or
self-control. May you not waste your provisions in Jesus’ Name! However,
provision could also come at the time of need. Open Heaven 29 September
2017: Friday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Delayed
provision. This type of arrangement is preferred by some people because
it eradicates the likelihood of waste. According to Psalm 46:5,
when God is your refuge, He will always show up at the right time. He
is never late! I pray that whatever assistance you need will locate you
as soon as the need arises in Jesus’ Name.
In
quite a number of situations, provision comes much after the day of
need. This is totally unacceptable because the purpose for which the
provision is needed is already defeated. Provision long after need is
almost as bad as total denial. When help, assistance or provision is not
available in the time of need, it will result in disappointment,
feelings of rejection, shame and disgrace, painful loss or even death.
Do you know that many people who died in some ghastly accidents could
have survived if only they received help at the time of the incident?
There are some who survived for a few hours but later gave up the ghost
because they did not receive medical attention at the hour of need.
John 10:10
talks of Satan’s evil mission to steal, kill and destroy. One way he
does this is by delaying provision or help from reaching people in need.
In today’s Bible reading, following this petition to Heaven during a
fast, an answer was sent to Daniel, but it was delayed by the Prince of
Persia for 21 days. Daniel should have received the answer on the first
day, but it was delayed for that whole period. Every forces of delay,
sent to set back your provision or help beyond the time of need, shall
be frustrated, disgraced and paralysed in Jesus’ Name! Whatever was
programmed to reach you late shall arrive on time; you shall not be
disappointed! That yoke of delay over your expectations is destroyed
now! The Lord will sort you out speedily in Jesus’ Name!
Key Point:
One
challenge of the rich is that because they have enough to meet their
needs, even for the next 10, 20 or more years, their confidence is
usually in their money and not in God.
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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