LITTLE REQUESTS LIMIT GOD – Tuesday September 12th 2017
Memorise:
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his
commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 1st John 3:22
1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
MESSAGE:
The Lord Jesus Christ instructed us to ask until our joy is full (John 16:24).
Due to a lack of faith in God’s ability to meet our needs, many of us
ask for crumbs, and by doing so, we insult or dishonour God. Are you one
of such people? During one of our special programmes sometime ago,
while in my prayer room, God took me up on this issue. He reminded me of
an incident that happened several years before then, when I went to
London to prepare our Sunday School manual. After finishing it, I still
had three days to go before my flight was due, but I had completely run
out of money.
The kind of ticket I paid for on that trip was a cheap one
and so it did not allow for rescheduling of dates. I felt I could go
without food for three days but could not avoid buying certain
materials, books and tapes that I needed. These would cost me £50 and I
had no money. So I said, “Daddy, it would be good if I could get £50.
“Shortly after, my phone rang and I picked it up. The fellow on the line
said, “Biyi”. I told him there was nobody with that name there. He
asked, “Is that not so and so number?” As we talked, he got to know who I
was and he screamed. He called out to his brother with excitement,
telling him that he was speaking with me. Obviously, they had been
discussing how they could see me and now I was on the phone with them.
Eventually, they came over, we talked, and as they were leaving, they
gave me £50. As soon as they left, I said, “Daddy, if I knew it would be
this easy, I would have asked for £100!”
As
I went upstairs in the apartment I was staying at, I rejoiced over the
£50 I had just received.
Just then, the door bell rang, and then it rang
a second time. By this time, it was night already. Before I got to the
door, the fellow at the door had slipped an envelope through the door
into the room and left. I picked it up, opened it and realised it had
come from a man I had known for a long time. He was a very wealthy man
who was also very stingy. He had never given me a dime before. In the
envelope was £50 and a note saying, “I just felt like giving you some
money.” As I went towards the bedroom, I told God that if I had known
this second £50 would come, I would have asked for another £50! That
night, before I slept, another £50 came. Then I became afraid and told
God I was joking and did not want to offend Him. In my prayer room, the
Lord told me I had been a foolish boy. “If you asked me for £50 and I
could provide it, why didn’t you ask for £5000?” Are you trying to help
God conserve His resources when you ask? He doesn’t need your help! Ask,
and ask big! Don’t limit Him.
Key Point:
If
the over seven billion inhabitants of the earth were ask their best
from God, they still could not exhaust a drop of His resources.
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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