OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-WEDNESDAY-13/01/2016-BEING
WITH JESUS-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
BEING WITH JESUS
Memorise:
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek
and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matthew 11:29
Read:
Acts 4:13-14,
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John,
and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and
they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
14 And beholding the man which was healed standing
with them, they could say nothing against it.
KJV
MESSAGE
It is one thing to answer the call of Jesus
Christ, and it is another thing to stay put with Him after we answer the call.
There are casual followers of Jesus Christ and there are die-hard followers as
well. The casual followers of Jesus Christ have their reasons for causally
follow Him. One of it may be because they cannot live by the ideals that Jesus
teaches in His gospel. Being with Jesus means living by His teachings, He once
lamented.
“And why call ye me, Lord Lord, and do not the things which I say?”
Luke 6:46
Many call Jesus “Lord” with their mouths but indeed, they do not regard
Him as the Lord of their lives. This is why, for the avoidance of doubt, Jesus
said:
“….If ye continue in my word, then are
ye my disciples indeed: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free.”
John 8:31-32
Two things are clear from our
Bible reading for today; the first is, if you have been with Jesus indeed,
boldness will be your trademark. The Bible says:
“For ye have not received the spirit of
bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we
cry, Abba, Father.”
Romans 8:15
When a so-called child of God is living in
fear, we must check out whether indeed he has been with Jesus. Secondly;
someone who has been with Jesus lives a daily miraculous life, that is another
trademark of genuine followers of Jesus Christ. The Bible says:
“And beholding the man which was healed
standing with them, they could say nothing against it.”
Acts 4:14
I have taught my children in the School of
Disciples that we can do more than Jesus did according to His promise. When we
believe this, we stop being caricatures of His Ambassadors on earth. Then, we
shall bring the whole world to their knees, when we confidently tell them that
Jesus is Lord. We are indeed the light and salt of the world if we chose to be
with Jesus, living according to His ideals. Two great blessings of being with
Jesus are; we shall learn of Him and when we learn of Him, we shall find rest
for our souls. Come to Jesus today and decide to stay put. Don’t be a casual or
temporary follower of Jesus Christ.
Action Point
Make up your mind to live the rest of your life for and with Jesus today
and you will be a blessed person
Bible in one
year:
Deuteronomy
7:1-9:12, Job 3:3-19
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