OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-MONDAY-17/8/2015-PROGRESS WITH SPEED-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
PROGRESS WITH SPEED
Memorise
Our
soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken,
and we are escaped. Psalm 124:7
Read
Psalm
126:1-4
1
When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
2
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said
they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.
3
The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
4
Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.
KJV
MESSAGE
Promotion can come to you through either
human or divine assistance. The assisted state of progress attained through
this promotion moves you to a level where you are not supposed to be. The
greatest promotion of all is that which transforms a sinner into a saint. This
is only made possible through divine assistance. Because man could not attain
this spiritual promotion by his own efforts, God came in to help us. This
season, the Lord will assist you and move you to a level you are not qualified
to occupy in Jesus’ Name.
Beyond assisted state of progress is the
accelerated state of progress. This is progress of the unusual kind. It defiles
time, expectations and protocol. Under the influence of this state of progress,
you could be at the bottom now and find yourself at the very top moments later.
David experienced this type of progress in 1st Samuel 16:11-13. He
was just watching over his father’s sheep and goats in the fields when a
messenger came and told him he was urgently needed at home. “What for?”, he
asked. The messenger’s reply was “I don’t know, but we have a visitor – a man,
I think he is a prophet, and he asked for you to come right away.” As soon as
he got home, God told the prophet, “This is the fellow, anoint him now.” Samuel
asked David to kneel before his brethren and he anointed him. By the time the
boy got up, he was already a king. One moment he was a shepherd boy, and at the
next, he was a king. That is accelerated progress!
At the registry on the day of my wedding, we
could not but notice what was happening around us. A particular girl was
dressed up to be wedded, but she waited endlessly for the bridegroom, not
knowing he had absconded. She almost went berserk, but she eventually survived
the disappointment. Not long after, she was married to a soldier. Unknown to
her, the man who jilted her also joined the army. One day, there was a military
coup, and the husband, the governor. So, anytime this girl was to enter the
car, her former husband-to-be had to open the door for her. This season, God
will overlook time, protocol and the arrangement of men in order to accelerate
your promotion! Your progress shall receive divine speed in Jesus’ Name.
Prayer Point
Father,
by divine speed, move me, my family and members of my local assembly to the
very top in Jesus’ Name.
Bible in one year
Genesis 24:1-61, John
15:1-17
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