OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR WEDNESDAY, 15TH FEBRUARY , 2017
TOPIC: LIVING WITHIN THE DIVINE WILL
Memorise: Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10Read: Matthew 26:37-42 (KJV)
37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed,
saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me:
nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father,
if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be
done.
Bible in one year: John 14-15, Isaiah 38:4-19, Hymn: Sing hymn 7
MESSAGE:
Until you get to the point of conviction where you accept the fact
that you can never have anything better than what God has for you, life
will remain a struggle. There are many people struggling to find their
place in life, but as a child of God you were not created to live by
chance. You were designed by God to walk in His blueprint for your life,
and so anything less than what God intends for you should be rejected.
Living within the divine will means having an understanding of God’s
plan for you in every area of your life. The will of God is always
higher and greater than the will of man. His thoughts are directed
towards our peace and fulfillment in this world (Jeremiah 29:11). This is
why it is necessary to discern and hear what God is saying about the
present phase of your life. There are people who are in the wrong job.
No matter how much they work, they can never be successful because they
are struggling with what God has not wired them for. Open Heaven 2017
Tuesday 15 February 2017:- Living within the divine will. Some people
are in the wrong location, while some others are in relationships that
drive away the presence of God from them. Do you know that there are
people you meet in life who negatively impact your destiny? There are
even some people you meet, and after they are gone out of your life, you
find yourself drained, because all they did was use you. God’s will is
to increase you and not to use you. However, you have to wait upon the
Lord and never outrun Him because He is the one leading you.
Examples abound in Scripture of those who struggled with the will of
God for their lives before they understood what God would have them do.
Moses thought he was doing the right thing when he killed and Egyptian,
since he was born for the purpose of delivering the children of Israel
from the hands of their Egyptian oppressors (Exodus 2:11-12). However,
he walked outside the will of God by taking action at the wrong time and
also by using the wrong approach. Jacob was also aware of God’s plan
for him to be greater than his elder brother, but he devised a crooked
method of obtaining the covenant blessing from his father. Consequently,
he had no rest until he learnt to surrender to God. Have faith in God
that you will become what He wants you to become; not by folding your
hands and doing nothing, by being diligent in your walk of faith. Open
heaven 2017. What is not enough today will be more than enough tomorrow
through God’s help. Remember the Lord blessed the latter days of Job
more than his beginning (Job 42:12). Learn to wait. He who waits never
loses, but he who is hasty never gains. Seek God’s face, and ask Him for
the needed grace to run the race. God places a high premium on his
children who are ready to align their words, actions, thoughts and
decisions with the standards of Heaven.
Prayer Point
Father, grant me grace to patiently wait and work towards actualizing Your will for my life.
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