OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-THURSDAY-14/07/2016-DOING GOD’S PROJECT-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
DOING GOD’S PROJECT
Memorise
Take
ye from among you an offering unto the Lord: whosoever is of a willing heart,
let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and sliver and brass. Exodus
35:5
Read
Exodus 25:1-9,
1 And the Lord
Spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that
giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
3 And
this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
4 And
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
5 And
rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
6 Oil
for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
7 Onyx
stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
8 And
let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
9 According to all that I shew thee, after the
pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even
so shall ye make it.
KJV
MESSAGE
One truth that children of God must embrace
is that we are partners with God in His divine project. God created man in His
image, by implication; man is superior to all other creation and is lord over
the universe. God prepared man to occupy a position of junior partner with Him.
This is why after He had created the Heaven and the earth and all that were in
the earth, He put man in charge of naming, keeping and dressing them. The Bible
says:
“And out of the
ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air;
and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam
called every living creature that was the name thereof.”
Genesis 2:19
So, man had been charged with the
responsibility of doing God’s project from the beginning and up till date, God
has not withdrawn this responsibility from man, although at times, man fails to
live up to God’s expectation. I pray for someone using this devotional; you
will from now on live according to God’s expectation concerning Kingdom
projects in Jesus’ name.
In today’s Bible reading, the Lord commanded
Moses to take offerings from the children of Israel for the building of the
Tabernacle. He told them to bring the offering willingly and joyfully. God is
still making demands on us for His projects; missionary, infrastructural or
administrative. It is left to us to respond according to our ability. One other
truth we must learn from the story of the children of Israel is that everything
God demanded from them was provided to them by God Himself. When the children of Israel were leaving
Egypt, the Lord caused the Egyptians to send them away in a hurry with the
riches of the land. The Bible says:
“And the children of
Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians
jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: And the Lord gave the people
favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things
as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.”
Exodus 12:35-36
Another lesson we must learn from this is
that whatever blessing we are blessed with has a reason and the reason
primarily is for kingdom projects. Therefore, I advise someone reading this
devotional today to find out the areas where God’s project needs his or her
urgent attention and go ahead to meet that need.
Prayer Point
Father, please help me not
to fail you in Kingdom Business in Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year
1st Corinthians
8:1-11:16, Psalms 9:11-20
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