OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-MONDAY-11/07/2016-HELP FROM ABOVE-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
HELP FROM ABOVE
Memorise
My
help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
Psalm
121:2
Read
Psalms 121:1-8,
1I
will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My
help cometh from the Lord, which
made heaven and earth.
3 He
will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither
slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The
sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil:
he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and
thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
KJV
MESSAGE
When there
was a national calamity of famine in Samaria, a woman conspired with her friend
to take turns to kill their children for food. After the other woman had helped
her friend to eat her son, she refused to surrender her own son for food. The
foolish woman cried to the king for help but the king’s reply is a food for
thought in our devotional reading for today. The king said:
“…If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help
thee? Out of the barn floor or out of the winepress?”
2nd Kings 6:27
The Psalmist
was right when he said, in our memory verse, that his help comes from the Maker
of Heaven and Earth. Genuine help can only come from above. The strength of man
is bound to fail. The Almighty God is the present Help in the time of need; He
is ever ready to send help to whoever solicits for it. He said:
“And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will
deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.”
Psalms 50:15
When five
kings united against the Gibeonites because they made peace with the children
of Israel, they cried unto Joshua who in turn cried unto God for help. The Lord
sent help from above and the five kings perished by the hand of Joshua.
“And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel,
and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones
from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died
with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.”
Joshua 10:11
Many people
put their trust in mortal beings and always end up disappointed. The Bible
discourages us from putting our trust in men (Jeremiah 17:5). Whereas, the same
chapter says:
“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and
whose hope the Lord is.”
Many years
ago, someone heard that I was building a house and volunteered to help in the
supply of blocks since he was a block manufacturer and that I should pay at the
convenient time. It was a mistake that I never made again. The moment this man
realised that I was doing the roofing of the house he began to pester me for
his money. I remained him that he was the one who volunteered to help but he
continued all the same to pester me for his money. I cried to God for help with
a promise that I will never make such a mistake again. Beloved, I prophesy to
your life, the help that will not expose you to ridicule will come your way
this season in Jesus’ name. However, you must always put your trust in the
Lord; you must not choose to have a “Plan B” in your relationship with the
Present Help, the Almighty God. More importantly, you must surrender your life
to Jesus Christ and abstain from all appearances of evil (1st
Thessalonians 5:22).
Prayer Point
Father, please send me help
from above today and don’t let me be put to shame in Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year
Romans 13:7-16:27, Psalms 7
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