HOPE IN THESE LAST DAYS – Wednesday October 18 2017
Memorise: I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. John 14:18
Read: Joel 2:28-32 (KJV)
2:28 And
it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon
all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men
shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
2:30 And I will sheww onders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.
2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lordshall call.
MESSAGE:
You
can live above the storms of life in these last days through the power
of God’s word. The Lord has promised us in His word that He will not
leave us comfortless (John 14:18).
You therefore have His assurance that no matter how bad your situation
may appear to be, there is hope for you. Let these words of Job 14:7 bring hope to your heart:
“For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.”
While
Jesus and His disciples were on a missionary journey, the disciples
desperately called his attention to a raging storm. Open Heaven 18
October 2017: Wednesday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Hope
in these last days.
He calmly woke up and rebuked the storm, and right away, there was great calm (Mark 4:36-41).
The disciples first struggled to survive the storm on their own, but
the more they tried, the more they were in danger of perishing at sea,
until Jesus intervened. I pray that the Almighty God will intervene in
your situation today in Jesus’ Name. From the words of the Lord, we know
that the last days will be a time of turmoil with several raging storms
(Luke 21:25-26). We are
indeed in the last days. Are you experiencing a storm? The Lord has
different strategies to bring comfort to you. He can simply calm the
storm by the awesome power of His presence, or by directly commanding
the storm to become still. He can also provide a cover for you from the
storm. This is why you need to stay in God’s presence where your destiny
can remain secure.
The Lord has promised the outpouring of His Spirit upon all flesh in the last days. Acts 2:17 says,
“And
it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of
my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream
dreams:”
We
are living in times when the Spirit of the Lord is empowering the
saints for the fulfilment of prophecies and the actualisation of
visions. The Body of Christ therefore has no excuse not to do exploits
for God in times as these, because the promise of the Spirit’s
outpouring has already been fulfilled by the Father. God is set to do
great things, not because of our own abilities but because of His
sovereignty. Not one of God’s children will be left out of His great
move in these last days. Sons, daughters, old men, young men,
menservants and maidservants are all relevant to God in His agenda for
this time. He has reserved better things for His people in the midst of
the turmoil unfolding in the world, and He will being to give us divine
revelation of how we will transmit from where we are to where we ought
to be by His spirit. The Spirit will also release the strength and
vigour needed for the actualisation of these dreams.
Prayer Point
Father, let there be an outpouring of Your Spirit upon my life.
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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