OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SUNDAY-31/01/2016-LOOKING
UNTO JESUS I -BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
LOOKING UNTO JESUS I
Memorise
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: John 3:14
Read
Hebrews 12:1-2,
1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud
of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily
beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of
our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising
the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
KJV
MESSAGE
Human beings have been in search of the way
back to their Maker since after the fall. The soul of man pants after the peace
that only his Maker can provide. This is the reason man invented means of
getting along with God in the name of religion. Unfortunately, man was unable
to adequately reach out to his Maker until God in His mercies revealed Himself
to us through His Son, Jesus Christ.
“And the Lord God called unto Adam, and
said unto him, where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden,
and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. Genesis 3:9-10
Adam was sent out of the Garden of Eden and
he became a wanderer and a destitute of the peace that he once had with his
Maker. After many dispensations, God decided to reveal part of Himself to some
people who sincerely sought to know Him. He related to Enoch, Noah, Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, Moses and the prophets to mention just a few. They did not only
benefit form God’s self-revelation; they also helped their generation by
pointing them to the Almighty God. Yet, the perfect relationship was not in
view then. When the fullness of time came, God became man and lived among men
in the person of Jesus Christ. When one of the disciples asked Him to reveal
God the Father to them, Jesus said:
“…Have I been so long time with you and
yet hast thou not know me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father;
and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in
the Father, and the Father in me...”
John 14:9-10
Jesus Christ is the perfect revelation of
God, the father. He came to reveal the Father to us so that we may know how
best to worship Him. It was through His teaching that we know that God is a
Spirit and whoever wants to worship Him must worship Him in Spirit. He told us
that unless we are born-again, we cannot see the Kingdom of God. Religious
activities are exercise in futility without this experience. Not until He came,
even Doctors of the Jewish religious laws were ignorant of these principles of
God’s Kingdom. Therefore we must always look unto Jesus for direction if we
want to make it back to the One who created us in His own image. Our text says
to look up unto Jesus because He is the author and finisher of our faith.
I encourage someone reading this devotional
to look unto Jesus for salvation, for deliverance, for healing, for material
prosperity and eternal life.
Prayer point
Jesus Christ my
Saviour, I look unto you today, perfect everything concerning my life please.
Bible in one year
Matthew 16:5-18:35,
Job 13:17-14:6
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