OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-THURSDAY-05/05/2016-WHAT MUST I DO TO RECEIVE FROM GOD-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
WHAT MUST I DO TO RECEIVE FROM GOD
Memorise
If
ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you. John 15:7
Read
Mark 11:22-26,
22 But I
say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the Day of
Judgment, than for you.
23 And
thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell:
for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom,
it would have remained until this day.
24 But I
say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day
of Judgment, than for thee.
25 At
that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast
revealed them unto babes.
26 Even
so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
KJV
MESSAGE
Children of God looking up to Him for
blessings should learn that God has provided the means of receiving abundant
blessings from Him. God has also established a few laws, principles, rules and
regulations to govern the process. For anyone to receive anything from God, the
fellow must at least have a relationship with Him and must have faith in His
love, mercy and power to do whatever he is hoping to get from Him.
We must be connected
to God and abide in Him before we can receive from Him. Wisdom for financial
breakthrough teaches that: although God gives seed to the sower, He also
expects the sower to sow and not eat the seed.
“Now He that ministers seed to the sower both minister
bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of
your righteousness;”
2nd Corinthians 9:10
You must realize that
there is no child of God without a seed. Now you may say, “I have no money and
therefore I have nothing to sow.” You are wrong. If you have no money, you may
have something more valuable than money. Look in your hands, heart, intellect,
abilities, talents, time, what you have in your house, your academic training,
your mouth to preach and win souls, etc. There is no one without a seed. When
God provides you with a financial blessing, say your wage, salary or profit
from a business, that provision has a seed in it. If you spend everything, you
will harm yourself. The book of John 12:24 says:
“Verily, verily, I
say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth
alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.”
That financial provision; salary, wage, or profit
increase is some kind of harvest. God expects that the harvest you take today
will give you a larger harvest tomorrow. When you receive your harvest, pay
your tithe, sow your seeds and spend the rest. The seed you sow, in the process
of time will be multiplied and will fetch you bread. If you don’t sow your
seeds, they remain alone but when you sow them, they will be given an
opportunity to say, “thank you for parting with us”. They will give you a
harvest that will yet give you more seeds to sow.
You
can decide to keep your corn with you, eat it and starve afterwards or sow it
and expect a harvest. Many believers today are poor because greed, gluttony,
impatience, ignorance and lack of faith made them eat their seeds along with
their bread.
Now
you know better, simply obey and begin to experience increase on all sides. As
you begin to follow divine principles today, you will witness an extraordinary
supply of His favour and blessings in Jesus’ name.
Prayer Point
Father, please give me the
wisdom to observe divine principles in Jesus’ name
Bible in one year
1st Kings 21:17-22:53, Proverbs
20:4-17
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