OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SATURDAY-12/03/2016-PERFECTION:
NOT OPTIONAL-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
Memorise
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your
Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5:48
Read
Genesis 17:1-7,
1 And when Abram was ninety years old
and nine, the Lord appeared to
Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou
perfect.
2 And I
will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And
Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As
for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many
nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called
Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made
thee.
6 And I
will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings
shall come out of thee.
7 And I
will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their
generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed
after thee.
KJV
MESSAGE
During the January 2015
Ministers’ Thanksgiving, the Lord asked me to make our ministers examine
themselves and be sure that they were 100% perfect. After the meeting, one of
my children said that some ministers were asking whether it was possible to be
100% perfect. What such brethren don’t know is that the demand for perfection
has been from the Old Testament. Another thing they don’t know is that
perfection is not an optional virtue.
This perfection
is available if we can believe God for it and surrender to the Lordship of
Jesus Christ. In Christ, there is never an end to spiritual growth because He
is infinite. Hence, we must be ready to go further and further with God until
we come to the level of His perfection when we do not see ourselves any longer
but it becomes all about Him. If we don’t align ourselves to this requirement,
we will never be carriers of His glory. Perfection is the premise upon which
the rest of our walk with God will be assessed. The moment we begin this walk
of perfection, we begin to attract divine presence and easily draw God’s glory
daily.
Perfection
makes you a threat to the kingdom of darkness. Right from my early days as
General Overseer, I had learnt the secret of my victory through the authority
of His Name and a walk of perfection. You just notice that you become a carrier
of His presence, and at the mere sight of your person, demons begin to flee
because of the presence of God overshadowing you. The reason many Christians
have not fully benefited from the Lord is because they are not prepared to make
the sacrifice of walking in perfection. They see it as unrealistic. They easily
rationalise it as an impossible feat. Hence, the Devil uses this ignorance to
deny them their rightful place in God’s program. God should be able to predict
your actions. Perfection earns you a trust in God. There is a need to change
your mind set so that the blessings of God concerning your life will not be
hampered.
There is an
aspect of you not yet discovered because you are still far from God. The devil
is aware of what havoc you will cause to his domain the moment you make up your
mind to walk in perfection. God wants to do some things in your life that will
cause the ears of people around you to tingle, but you must be ready to walk
before God in purity and perfection. If it was impossible for Abraham to walk
perfectly before God, God wouldn’t have made such a demand, moreover, the
demand was for his good, and this is why you need to understand that walking
before the Lord in perfection makes God committed to make you exceedingly
great.
Prayer Point
Father, please grant me the grace to walk perfectly before you.
Bible in one year
Joshua 8:30-10:28, Job 35:9-36:4
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