GOOD FROM EVIL - Friday December 15th 2017
Memorise: “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory;” 2nd Corinthians 4:17
exceeding and eternal weight of glory;” 2nd Corinthians 4:17
Read: John 16:4-7 (KJV)
16:4 But
these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may
remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you
at the beginning, because I was with you.
16:5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
16:6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
16:7 Nevertheless
I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I
go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I
will send him unto you.
MESSAGE:
Everybody
has a choice to make on the issue of focus in life. Your focus has a
way of directing your activities and dictating how well or badly your
resources are utilized. It is therefore great wisdom to make Jesus
Christ your focus. May the Lord grant you grace to do so in Jesus’s
Name. When you walk with God for a while, you will come to realize that
He specializes in bringing something good out of something seemingly
bad.
This is why it is well said that opportunities are wrapped up in
unpleasant packages. This truth was demonstrated in the life of Elisha (2nd Kings 2:1-15).
To Elisha, losing his mentor and master was seemingly a bad thing, but
this had to happen for him to get promoted to the office of the national
prophet and become a mentor to others. Similarly, it was seemly a bad
thing when Jesus had to be beaten and His body was torn in shred.
However, this was the price He had to fully pay for us to access for all
kinds of diseases (1 Peter 2:24). This tells us that not every bad event is truly bad, particularly as it relates to children of the Most High God (Romans 8:28).
“Nevertheless
I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I
go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I
will send him unto you”
John 16:7
Prayer Point:
Father,
in seemingly bad situations I have been through or that I am going
through now, please open my eyes to see the good inherent in them.
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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Hymn 4
THROUGH THE LOVE OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR
Verse 1
Through the love of God our Savior,
All will be well;
Free and changeless is His favor;
All, all is well.
Precious is the blood that healed us;
Perfect is the grace that sealed us;
Strong the hand stretched out to shield us;
All must be well.
Verse 2
Though we pass through tribulation,
All will be well;
Ours is such a full salvation;
All, all is well.
Happy still in God confiding,
Fruitful, if in Christ abiding,
Holy through the Spirit’s guiding,
All must be well.
Verse 3
We expect a bright tomorrow;
All will be well;
Faith can sing through days of sorrow,
All, all is well.
On our Father’s love relying,
Jesus every need supplying,
Or in living, or in dying,
All must be well.
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