Open Heaven 23 May 2019: [Thursday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A
Adeboye – Covenant Partners
COVENANT PARTNERS – Thursday May 23rd
2019
Memorise: Not according to the
covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my
covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. Hebrew 8:9
Read: 1st Samuel
1:9-11 (KJV)
9 So
Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh,
and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the
temple of the Lord.
10 And she was in
bitterness of soul, and prayed
unto the Lord, and wept sore.
11 And she vowed a vow,
and said, O Lord of hosts, if
thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid,
and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine
handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lordall the days of his
life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Bible in one year: Exodus
39-40, Jeremiah 40:13-41:8, Hymnal: Sing hymn 4
Message:-
For
you to fully enjoy the benefits
of your walk with God, you need to understand His character.
OPEN HEAVEN 23 MAY 2019 COVENANT PARTNERS
One character
trait of God is that He keeps His end of every covenant
He enters into. In other words, He is a covenant-keeping God. Based on my
experience, I can boldly say that entering
into a covenant partnership with God is a wise thing to do. Times without
number, God has proved
it to me that no one can beat Him in adherence to the terms of a covenant
relationship. In today’s Bible reading, we see a situation where God’s need intersected
with the need of man to produce a covenant partnership. God urgently needed a faithful
priest to replace Eli and his notorious children, while Hannah needed a son to
silence her adversary, Peninnah, who continually
mocked her on account of her barrenness. To get her heart’s desire, Hannah
entered into a covenant partnership with God. She promised
that if God would give her a male child, she would give him back to God. The
deal was struck: Hannah got a son and God got his priest. This great God even
went on to bless Hannah
with five more children (1st
Samuel 2:21)!
Open Heaven 23 May 2019: [Thursday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Covenant Partners
Testimonies
abound on covenant partnership in our ministry; testimonies of how God has been
keeping His own side of the bargain with those who have chosen to partner with
Him in the advancement of His kingdom. There is one covenant partner in our
ministry who rose from being an employee to becoming a member of his company’s
board of directors. This exemplifies what those who partner with God stand to
gain, provided they keep to their agreement with God. There is also this story
of someone who chose to partner with God but decided to breach the covenant
even before the first miracle matured. A young man came to us and shared his
desire to became a covenant partner with God. We prayed, and he received his
first breakthrough when someone hired him to put his estate up for sale.
Open Heaven 23 May 2019 Thursday: Action Point
When
we advised him to give God a tithe out of his profit from the deal, he flared
up and said “not until another one comes!” He left in anger, but before long,
the fellow who wanted to sell his estate changed him mind at the point of
payment, to the extent that he literally chased this covenant breaker away!
That was how the young man lost a huge business deal. Beloved, God is a very faithful
business partner to have if you decide to enter into a covenant relationship
with Him. Even though He is the Senior Partner in our relationship, He chose to
make us comfortable by asking for only a tenth of the blessings He give us. To
receive more blessings, the wise will want to increase God’s portion of this
sharing formula, like some of us have done. Choose to partner with God today
and you will see how pleasant He is to do business with.
Action Point
Key into the power of covenant
partnership today to receive the answer to a long-awaited request from God.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor
E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one
of the largest evangelical Churches in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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