OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-THURSDAY-28/04/2016-OVERCOMING TRIALS 1-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
OVERCOMING TRIALS I
Memorise
Blessed
is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of
life, which he Lord hath promised to them that love him. James 1:12
Read
Proverbs 1:11-15,
11 If
they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the
innocent without cause:
12 Let
us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into
the pit:
13 We
shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14 Cast
in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My
son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their pat
KJV
MESSAGE
The irony of
the spiritual realm is that the tempter is the prosecutor. The Bible says:
“And the great dragon
was cast out that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceieveth
the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out
with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, now is come salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the
accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and
night.”
Revelation 12:9-10
The above scripture points to one bitter
truth; trials and temptations are characteristics of life whether we believe it
or not. It is, however, better to believe it because it is then we can
preparedly overcome it. The Bible also confirms it by attaching a blessing to
overcomers of temptation:
“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when
he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised
to them that love him.”
James 1:12
It
takes genuine love for God to be able to overcome temptation. Joseph was able
to overcome the temptation of sleeping with his master’s wife because of the
love he had for God. This love was what produced his victory. He said:
“There is none greater in this house than I; neither
hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how
then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
Genesis 39:9
As said
earlier, there will always be temptations as long as we are on this earth.
Temptation is not a sin but falling into it is the sin. The bad thoughts that
the devil flashes at you are not sins until you begin to hatch and execute
them.It is our resistance to temptation that makes us overcomers. The Bible
says:
“Ye have not yet
resisted unto blood, striving against sin.”
Hebrews 12:4
My prayer for someone
using this devotional is that you remain an overcomer over sin from now on in
Jesus’ name.
Prayer Point
Father, sanctify me wholly
from every besetting sin by the Blood of Jesus shed on the Cross.
Bible in one year
1st Kings
8:22-9:28, Proverbs 16:20-33
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