OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-FRIDAY-03/06/2016-CHILD OF DESTINY-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
CHILD OF DESTINY
Memorise
And
he shall bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name JESUS for he shall save his people from their sins.
Matthew 1:21
Read
Jeremiah 1:4-5,
4 Then
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee;
and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained
thee a prophet unto the nations.
KJV
MESSAGE
Before the earthly existence of Jesus Christ
in the New Testament, His destiny had been foretold. Do you also believe that
according to the Word of God, before you were formed in your mother’s belly,
the Lord knew you? Do you really believe that before your physical existence on
the face of the earth, the Lord had ordained you for His purpose? If you
believe this, then I congratulate you. With this assurance, you can be
confident of the fact that you are not an ordinary person; you are a child of
destiny. God has a plan for you and it is a good plan. The most important thing
you need to do is to find out what you must do to secure this glorious destiny
in Christ Jesus. I have illustrated this several times through the story of two
friends who decided to seek the help of an oracle to know what lay in the
future for them. As for the first one, after due consultation with the oracle,
he was assured that he would be a future monarch who would rule over a kingdom.
His friend however was told that he would die a servant.
Upon returning from the oracle,
the one who had been told he would become a king decided to remain passive and
crossed his legs, waiting for the day of his coronation. The one who had been
destined to be a servant encouraged himself by saying “at least I can be useful
to myself”. He went deep into the bush, far out of the town and began to farm
on a large piece of land there. After several years, there was a heavy famine
in the land. When the people discovered that there was someone somewhere in the
wilderness who had a large farm to feed the entire community, they decided to
make him their king as long as their feeding was guaranteed. The other man who
was day dreaming and waiting for his coronation eventually became his servant.
Even the wisest king ever said, “There is an evil which I have seen upon the
earth. I have seen princes walking and servants riding upon horses.”
There is a part you have to play if you must
arrive at the plan of God for your life. Moses, as a child of destiny, was
destined to be a deliverer for the children of Israel. He had the full backing
of the Almighty God and he remained supernaturally in command. Jesus Christ had
a mandate to save the world, and He fully achieved that mandate from you. You
also have a glorious destiny in Christ Jesus, and you must protect it and never
allow anything to steal it.
The Christian life is that of continuous
warfare. We are at war against Satan and he is trying all he can to take us
down. You must resist him and not faint in your spirit. We must ask for wisdom from
God so that we can put the devil where he belongs (under our feet). Be
prayerful and continue to dwell on the Word of God at all times.
Key Point
Every child of destiny runs
away from all appearances of evil.
Bible in one year
2nd Chronicle
18:1-20:23, Ecclesiastes 2:1-8
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