OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SUNDAY-31/07/2016-DIVINE BACKING-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
DIVINE BACKING
Memorise
There
shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I
was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Joshua 1:5
Read
Joshua
1:1-7,
1Now
after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord
it came to pass, that the Lord Spake
unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
2 Moses
my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all
this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of
Israel.
3 Every
place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you,
as I said unto Moses.
4 From
the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates,
all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of
the sun, shall be your coast.
5 There
shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I
was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
6 Be
strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an
inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
7 Only
be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to
all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the
right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
KJV
MESSAGE
Divine
backing is the support you receive supernaturally from the Almighty God.
Without divine backing, hardly can any man succeed in life. This is because
demonic activities in the world are out to frustrate mankind. The Bible says:
“Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in
them. Woe to the inhibiters of the earth and of the sea! For the devil is come
down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short
time.”
Revelation 12:12
In the memory
verse for today, God encouraged Joshua to take up the spiritual mandate of
leading His people to the Promised Land. Joshua was assured of divine backing
when the Lord said:
“There shall not any man be able to stand before thee
all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will
not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Joshua 1:5
God
repeatedly encouraged Joshua to be courageous. No wonder he did great exploits
in the Name of the Lord. When David faced Goliath, it was divine backing that
saw him through the fight against the experienced giant. In response to the
giant’s curses, David said:
“This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand;
and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the
carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and
to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a
God in Israel.”
1st Samuel 17:46
David, prior
to this time had been enjoying divine backing. It was this divine backing that
enabled him to kill a lion and a bear that wanted to steal his father’s
livestock. Beloved, you too will enjoy divine backing if you surrender your
life to Jesus Christ today. Even as a believer, for you to enjoy divine
backing, particularly in the ministry, you need to be broken and live in
obedience of the Word of God. Jesus said:
“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and
ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit
should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may
give it you.”
John 15:16
Jesus chose
you to win souls to His Kingdom and He promised to back you up by providing
everything you request for. May the Lord give you supernatural support and the
backing you need to succeed in Jesus’ name.
Prayer Point
Father, please support me in
all I do in Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year
Hebrews 1:1-5:9, Psalms 23
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