OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SATURDAY-30/07/2016-CHILD OF DESTINY-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
Memorise
And
they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I
am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee. Jeremiah 1:19
Read
Jeremiah
1:4-8,
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.
6 Then
said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I
cannot speak: for I am a child.
7 But
the Lord said unto me, Say not, I
am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I
command thee thou shalt speak.
8 Be
not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
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MESSAGE
According to Psalms 115:3, destiny has its origin in the
sovereignty of God. It is also the plan that God had for you before creating
you. It is what God says about your future. In other words, God had a purpose
for your life, long before you were born. Joseph was a typical child of
destiny. His brothers fought aggressively against his destiny. One good thing
about destiny is that, your destiny, being the counsel of God for you, shall
stand forever (Genesis 37:18-28). Joseph started
his life experiences with the first and second dreams which set him at variance
with his brothers and parents. The fulfilment of his destiny took him through Potiphar’s
house, the prison and eventually the palace of the Egyptians.
In the text
for today, the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah announcing his destiny to him.
Jeremiah had been separated right from his mother’s womb to be a prophet. At
times, we behave foolishly by arguing with God on why He called us; a call that
is the reason for which we were born. More often than not, God’s plan for
mankind does not appeal to the rational man, though it is the best for us.
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,
saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected
end.”
Jeremiah 29:11
It is very
important for us to embrace the truth in the above scripture. When we do, we
shall not be guilty of spiritual insubordination. Jeremiah ignorantly argued:
“Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak for I am a
child.”
Jeremiah 1:6
God called
Moses to go and perform a task in Egypt but he was giving excuses of not being
an eloquent speaker. Beloved, I want you to get something settled in your mind
today; God does not call the qualified but qualifies the called so that He can
take full glory for the success of the called.
The Lord said to
Jeremiah
“Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that
I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.”
Jeremiah 1:7
The Lord
further encouraged him not to be afraid of the faces of those He was sending him
to. This is a lesson for those of us who are too scared to deliver God’s
message in our places of work, school, community etc. The spirit of God will
always give us something of eternal value to tell His people. God has destined
you to be unique; it is left for you to allow Him to fulfil His purpose for
your life. May the Lord fulfil your destiny gloriously in Jesus’ name.
Prayer Point
Father, please help me to
fulfil my destiny in Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year
Titus 1-3, Philemon 1, Psalms 22:22-31
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