OPEN HEAVENS  DEVOTIONAL
Pastor E. A. Adeboye

Friday July 31, 2015

PARTAKING IN A  DIVINE AGENDA

Memorise:
And he shall reign over  the house of Jacob for  ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Luke 1:33

Read: Luke 1:31-33
31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,
33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

Message:
When God says He will do a thing, He is telling you  what He has already done in the realm of the  Spirit. It is already a settled matter. If He says He will give you peace, it means that peace is already released to you. Every good promise that God has made to you shall  become reality shortly in Jesus' Name. When Jesus made this  promise in Matthew 16:18: "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail  against it!' He was simply saying something He had already done. He was telling Peter what He had already finished, long before Peter was born. Luke 1:33 declares that there is no end to the  increase of God's kingdom. This means that whether the devil and the world like it or not, the Church will keep  marching on. It also means that even when you do not know how to access the funds you need to build that local  assembly to the glory of God's Name, God knows. He has already provided for all the churches that would be built in His Name, even before the foundation of the world was laid. This is why I know that you will not be stranded or frustrated  over the assignment of enlarging God's kingdom on earth. God’s provision for your assignment shall be evident this season in Jesus' Name.

Moreover, it is important to note that since God has set out to build His church, if you cooperate with Him, He can use you  to build His kingdom. Building His church is God's agenda. God is looking for those who will cooperate with Him to establish His agenda of building His church. Are you willing  to partner with Him? Long ago, God decided that He would take a general from the Syrian army and turn him into a  worshipper of Jehovah (2 Kings 5:1-19). In today's setting, it is like saying God wants to take the Sultan of Sokoto (the  traditional head of Muslims in Nigeria) and turn him into an  evangelist or a pastor. Some people will say this is impossible, but with God nothing shall be impossible (Luke 1:37). Once He has set out His plan, and His Word has gone forth, He will do it. To get Naaman to become a worshipper of the Living God, the Lord needed someone to cooperate with Him. It was housemaid in Naaman's household who told her mistress that there was a prophet in Israel who could cure her husband's leprosy. Like this handmaid, are you ready to cooperate with the Lord in building His church?

Action point:
Every child of God has a  role to play in building the kingdom of God. So, don't just sit on the fence!

Bible in one year:
Nehemaiah 4:1-6:14
John 7:1-24