OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.
SUNDAY AUGUST 16 2015.
THEME : PEACE THROUGH HIS PRESENCE.
SUNDAY AUGUST 16 2015.
THEME : PEACE THROUGH HIS PRESENCE.
MEMORIZE : Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ROMANS 5 : 1.
READ : EXODUS 14 : 13 - 14.
13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : GENESIS 21 : 8 - 23 : 20 AND JOHN 14 : 15 - 31.
The assurance that God is on the side of the righteous and not against
them, gives peace to their life. It is commonly said that “One with God
is majority.” Even if the whole world is against you, as long as you
know that God is on your side, you will not be afraid. As a child of
God, because God has justified and cleansed you, there is now peace
between you and Him ( Romans 5 : 1 ). The rift of separation is gone!
Condemnation is also gone! Praise God! As long as God stands by you,
nobody can withstand you ( Romans 8 : 31 ). If God is for you, it means
that He loves you, and if He loves you, then you are more than a
conqueror. If God is for you, He will personally take over the battles
of your life. As you simply praise and worship Him, He will arise and
engage your enemies in battle. You can be certain He will bring the
victory back to you. While facing the Red Sea with no visible way to
cross it, the children of Israel suddenly had the Egyptian army rushing
furiously towards them. Faced with this impossible situation, Moses said
this to them in Exodus 14 : 14 :
“The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”
When you have the Commander-in-Chief of the heavenly hosts fighting for you, oh what peace and joy will flood your heart in the midst of the storms of life! As long as Jesus, the Prince of Peace, is in your boat, that boat will never sink. A song writer wrote, “… No water can swallow the ship where lies, the Master of ocean and earth and skies”. This is so true. You can go tosleep in the midst of an earthquake when God is with you. That was why Peter could sleep so deep after his arrest. Acts 12 : 6 -7 tells of how he slept, bound between two soldiers :
“And when Herod would have brought Him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.” He knew that even though he was in prison, He was safely in God’s hands. He also knew that God can do the impossible whenever He decides to. Are you anxious over how you will come out of that impossible situation? Fear not! What did Peter do to come out? Nothing! He slept while others prayed, yet he came out. You are coming out today in Jesus’ Name. Because God is with you, you will never fall.
“The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”
When you have the Commander-in-Chief of the heavenly hosts fighting for you, oh what peace and joy will flood your heart in the midst of the storms of life! As long as Jesus, the Prince of Peace, is in your boat, that boat will never sink. A song writer wrote, “… No water can swallow the ship where lies, the Master of ocean and earth and skies”. This is so true. You can go tosleep in the midst of an earthquake when God is with you. That was why Peter could sleep so deep after his arrest. Acts 12 : 6 -7 tells of how he slept, bound between two soldiers :
“And when Herod would have brought Him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.” He knew that even though he was in prison, He was safely in God’s hands. He also knew that God can do the impossible whenever He decides to. Are you anxious over how you will come out of that impossible situation? Fear not! What did Peter do to come out? Nothing! He slept while others prayed, yet he came out. You are coming out today in Jesus’ Name. Because God is with you, you will never fall.
KEY POINT :
The peace that God gives cannot be eroded by the storms of life.
The peace that God gives cannot be eroded by the storms of life.
AUTHOR : Pst E A ADEBOYE.
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