OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SUNDAY-17/07/2016-SEPARATED UNTO THE LORD-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
Memorise
Be
ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5:48
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
God Almighty
does not hide His feelings about how we must relate with Him; He wants us to be
totally His. The Bible says: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” (Exodus
20:3). There should be nothing standing between us and our God neither should
there be anything taking His place in our lives. The only way we can convince
Him of the fact that we are totally His is when we are completely separated
unto Him; when nothing/no one else can lay claim our lives.
In our Bible
reading for today, God asked Abraham to walk before Him and be perfect. In
other words, God was telling His friend, Abraham that He needed more of his
devotion, commitment and consecration. This is what God demands from all men,
particularly His children. To be separated unto the Lord is to be separated
from this world of sin. The Bible says:
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect will of God.”
Romans 12:1-2
This should
be a very pleasant development for those who have suffered from the tyrant
Lucifer. The entanglement with this world is enslaving and deadly but the
unfortunate thing about this is that the victim may not realise it. Worldliness
is a subtle taskmaster that must be avoided by all children of God. The
“twin-sisters” whose names are godliness and contentment are the answers to the
challenge of worldliness that brings serious entanglement upon children of God.
Our Lord Jesus Christ said:
“No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate
the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despise the
other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.”
Matthew 6:24
We must
separate ourselves from material things of this world if we will please our
God. The Bible says:
“But they that will be rich fall into temptation and
snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction
and prediction. For the love of money is the root of all evil; which while some
coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows.”
1st Timothy 6:9-10
Therefore, it
is not profitable for us to allow this to take our lives away from our Maker.
Let us acknowledge the primacy of the original Royalty, the God of the Heavens
and the Earth. May our services be acceptable to Him from today in Jesus’ name.
Action Point
Determine to be separated
unto your God afresh today.
Bible in one year
2nd Corinthians
1:1-5:11, Psalms 12
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