OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-MONDAY-29/08/2016-THE GREAT INVITATION-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
Memorise
Come now,
and let us reason together saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow: though they be red crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isaiah 1:18
Read
Matthew
11:28-30
28 Come
unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take
my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye
shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For
my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
KJV
MESSAGE
There are numerous invitations we receive during the
course of our lifetime, but there is an invitation that changes the life of a
person permanently and that invitation is only found in Jesus. Sometimes,
people can invite you to great occasions where you dine and wine with very
important people in the society but that does not put an end to the trouble you
are going through as an individual.
You dine with
them, but upon returning to your private closet, you carry your problems again.
However, when you respond to the invitation of Jesus, He solves all your
problems. This is why you cannot afford to respond inappropriately to this
invitation. With this invitation, you come as you are. Present yourself to Him
the way you are and let Him turn your life around. This is why the invitation
of Jesus is the greatest of all invitations; it is also unique because He has
all the power and the resources to turn any situation around. No matter how
blessed an individual is, there is a limit to how many people he can help. No
matter how buoyant your organisation is, there is no CEO that can employ
everyone in a country. Jesus is the only employer who can pay everyone that
comes under His government. There is no restriction, it is open to all.
This
invitation is to those who live under the stress and turmoil of his world. He
wants to deliver them from all their troubles. There are those who have
problems with their spiritual life. Jesus is available to release grace and
mercy in the state of their spiritual poverty. There are people living under
the bondage of emotions and religion, Jesus wants to set them free and deliver
them from all their battles both within and without. There are many people who
are struggling on the inside. When you see them, they appear alright but they
have troubles, fears, worries, anxieties and depression. Jesus is calling you
to come to Him. He wants to remove the yoke that the devil and His agents have
put on you. He wants to uproot every plant that He has not planted in your
life. He wants to deliver you from the burdens of this world that causes
frustration and depression. However, you must submit to Him before He can be of
help to you.
It does not
matter how far you have gone into the world of sin, Jesus is calling you to
come. There is no sinner without a future and there is no saint without a past
but in Jesus everything becomes new;
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed away, behold all things are become new.”
2nd Corinthians 5:17
One finds
peace and rest of mind by understanding that his sins are forgiven by the grace
of God through the blood of Jesus that was shed on the cross of Calvary,
because where there is no shedding of blood there is no remission for sins. You
can cast all your worries and anxiety on Jesus; it is part of your redemption
right because all those troubles have been exchanged for peace through His
death. However, you must know that the glory of God is His holiness. His
dwelling is in holiness. His way is holy and the invitation to us is not an
invitation to lawlessness but an invitation to holiness.
Key Point
There is no sin that
is beyond the redemption at cross.
Bible in one year
Jeremiah 3:6-5:13, Psalms 44:9-16
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