OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-THURSDAY-14/01/2016-THAT
I MAY KNOW HIM-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
Memorise:
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it
be of God, or whether I speak of myself. John 7:17
Philippians 4:7-10,
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all
understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are
pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if
there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and
received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with
you.
10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the
last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but
ye lacked opportunity.
KJV
MESSAGE
Being with Jesus brings about knowing Him as
we brought to. Many blessings await the one who knows Jesus correctly. Paul, an
apostle of Jesus Christ prayed that he might know Him, because he knew the
attendant blessings of knowing the Author of life. The question is: what does
it entail to know Jesus Christ? It takes staying with Him, learning from Him,
doing His bidding and loving the brethren. He said:
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and
are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of
me….”
Matthew 11:28-29
There are lots of things we must learn from
Jesus if we really want to know Him as He is. For example, in the three great
temptations that confronted Him in the wilderness, He proved true and faithful
to His Father in heaven. He did not misuse His power, authority and the
privilege of being the Son of the God with whom there is no impossibility. So,
He refused to turn stone to bread. He also turned down the offer of being the
richest man on earth when the condition was to worship the devil. Jesus Christ
was then confronted with the pride of life when He was prodded by the devil to
engage in a show of power, but He refused to jump from the pinnacle of the
temple.
It is interesting to note that these were
the three main temptations that rocked the human race in the Garden of Eden, and
our first parents fell headlong into them. The lust of the flesh, the lust of
the eyes and the pride of life (Genesis 3:6; 1st John 2:16). As we
know Jesus Christ, we learn to do His bidding and when we do His bidding, we
are blessed. Our lack of the knowledge of Him makes us alien to God and we
short-change ourselves by this. The Bible says:
“And such as do wickedly, against
the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their
God shall be strong, and do exploits.”
Daniel 11:32
The apostles
of old knew the impotence of knowing the true God and one of them said:”…. Shew
us the Father, and it sufficeth us.” (John 14:8). Brethren, we must know Jesus
through and through.
Action point
Using Philippians 3:10, pray earnestly to God that
He may reveal Himself to you.
Bible in one
year:
Deuteronomy 9:13-11:32, Job 3:20-4:6
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