OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SUNDAY-28/08/2016-UNUSUAL MESSENGERS-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
Memorise
And it
shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens
to feed thee there. 1st Kings 17:4
Read
1st
Kings 17:1-5,
1
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab,
As the Lord God of Israel liveth,
before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according
to my word.
2 And
the word of the Lord came unto
him, saying,
3 Get
thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith that
is before Jordan.
4 And
it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the
ravens to feed thee there.
5 So he
went and did according unto the word of the Lord:
for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith that is before Jordan.
KJV
MESSAGE
Messengers are
stewards often sent to speak, act, or deliver a message on behalf of their
master. In addition to the angelic beings that God normally sends as messengers
to speak, deliver messages, or carry our specific assignments, He also uses
humans and other living or non-living beings as messengers. The purpose of
God’s legitimate messengers is always to inform, enable, protect, empower, and
guide the people of God. But they are sent occasionally to punish. I pray that
you will never do anything to provoke divine judgment in Jesus’ name. The most
prominent among God’s messengers are Prophets, humans and angelic beings.
However, unusual messengers are sometimes deployed by God to carry out special assignments. 1st Kings 17:4-6 says, Open Heavens 28 August
2016:- Unusual Messengers
“And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook;
and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there…. And the ravens brought him
bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and he
drank of the brook.”
In the above
passage, the most unusual messengers ravens were the stewards sent to provide
food for Elijah in the wilderness. Ravens are large heavily built carnivorous
birds of the corvine family. God used a great fish, gourd plant, worm and a
vehement east wind as unusual messengers to teach Jonah the lesson of his life in Jonah 4:6-8. He used another unusual messenger to play an
important role in the story of Balaam in Numbers 22:19-35. Numbers 22:27-28 says;
“…. and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the
ass with a staff. And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto
Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three
times?”
The use of supernatural beings are natural elements as
God’s messengers therefore underscores God as the Lord of Hosts, with the
special ability to make all things work in favour of His beloved children.
Therefore, give your life to Jesus today, and become one of God’s beloved. Then
you can be sure that all things will begin to work together for your good
according to the Word of God in Romans 8:28.
Prayer Point
Father,
please command all things to work together for my good and the fulfilment of my
destiny in the name of Jesus.
Bible in one year
Jeremiah 1:1-3:5,
Psalms 44:1-8
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