OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SUNDAY-19/06/2016-THE ALMIGHTY GOD -BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
THE ALMIGHTY GOD
Memorise
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. Genesis
17:1
Read
Genesis 17:1-7,
1And 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
The Almighty God wants us to walk in
perfection before Him. Enoch walked with God in his generation. Noah also
walked with God at a time when almost the entire world forsook their Maker. It
was a period like the time we are in now, when there is a high level of moral
degradation in humanity. We have refused to retain God in our knowledge, and
this is why you can see things getting out of order in every part of the world.
Men have digressed into habitual sin, when God originally created us to walk
after the spiritual image of Himself. We are in a world where the interest in
spiritual things is getting low and people have become ephemeral in their
focus. There is so much rebellion against the kingdom of God, yet God wants to
preserve His own and He expects that we walk before Him in perfection.
Everything you have gone through till this
very moment is part of the plan of the Almighty God for your life. There is
nobody that is born without a purpose. You need to know the purpose of your
existence in God if you want that purpose to be fulfilled. Abraham was ninety
years old before God appeared to him again. I once asked the Almighty God why
He allowed me to waste twenty seven years studying mathematics when I would
eventually become a pastor at the end of the day. The Lord told me that it is
simply for the purpose of being able to preach mathematically. It therefore
dawned on me that all things work together for good to those that love the
Lord. You need to find out why God sent you to this world and the reason you
are still alive despite all that you have passed through. Paul the Apostle was
a lawyer and a tent maker,
and the Lord used him mightily to defend the course
of the gospel he once destroyed. He became a defender of the faith he once
attacked. He preached the gospel he once destroyed. He became a defender of the
faith he once attacked. He preached the gospel of Jesus Christ with so much
authority and commitment. Even after he had wasted so much time in ignorance
for the devil, he still became a mighty instrument doing exploits for the Lord.
Your being alive today is testimony; God wants to show Himself as Almighty in
your life. He wants to establish a covenant with you so that your future will
find fulfilment in Him. But the condition is that you must walk before Him and
be perfect. A life that is not lived in the light of God’s purpose will be
lived to actualize the purpose of the devil. There is so much potential for
those who walk with God. If you are born again and living holy, the anointing
and power to do great things becomes released into your life. Your name will be
changed to reflect the very essence of God.
Key Point
If you follow God, greatness
will follow you.
Bible in one year
Nehemiah 11:25-13:31,
Ecclesiastes 9:7-12
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