Open Heaven 27 November 2020: [Friday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Let God Take The Lead
LET GOD TAKE THE LEAD – Friday November 27th
2020
Memorise: Abram dwelled in the land
of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent
toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the God
exceedingly. Genesis 13:11-12
Read: Genesis 14:8-16 (KJV)
8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the
king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king
of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of
Siddim;
9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of
nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings
with five.
10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the
mountain.
11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way.
12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and
his goods, and departed.
13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew;
for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother
of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed
his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and
pursued them unto Dan.
15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by
night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand
of Damascus.
16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
Bible in one year: Acts 18:19-19:41,
Hymn: Sing hymn 2
Message:-
I may not have achieved as much success and impact as I have today if I had travelled to a developed country as I wanted to when I was younger.
Open Heaven 27 November 2020 – Let God Take The Lead
I had applied for a Commonwealth scholarship programme
abroad for my masters. On the day of the interview in the University of Lagos
(UNILAG), the members of the panel asked me questions so simple that I wondered
if they knew I was an honours student of Mathematics. I was confident I had
passed the interview, until a member of the panel who had been dozing all along
woke and asked “Where is Entebbe?” I responded “Pardon me, I am here for a
Mathematics interview, not Geography”. Unknown to me, he was the chairman of
the committee. Everyone laughed in such a way that made me realise I would not
be getting the scholarship.
Open Heaven 27 November 2020: [Friday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Let God Take The Lead
When I got out of the interview hall, I ran
into one of my lecturers from my alma meter who now worked in UNILAG. We
exchanged pleasantries and I told him why I had come to UNILAG. He said to me
“No, you don’t need to go abroad; I know your stuff. I will supervise you here
for your postgraduate studies”. Thus I became a postgraduate student at UNILAG,
eventually got an invitation to attend a service at the Redeemed Christian
Church of God, encountered Christ, became born again and today, the Lord has
made me the General Overseer of the Church.
Open Heaven 27 November 2020 Friday: Prayer Point
Things may be tough now where God wants you
to stay, but if you trust and obey Him, your tomorrow will be alright.
When Lot had the chance to choose where he
would stay, he did not bother asking God, he just went straight for the
seemingly better option. Little did he know he was going into a condemned city.
At the end of the day, we see that Abraham who stayed put became far greater
than Lot. In Genesis 14:14-16, when Lot was kidnapped because he did not have
divine protection, Abraham and his men had to fight and defeat four armies to
rescue him. in the midst of all the complaints and struggles in developing
countries, some people are still getting huge breakthroughs and fulfilling
their destinies. You don’t have to tell lies and keep running from the Police
to become great in life; don’t compromise your eternity for a journey God did
not send you on. Let God lead you.
Prayer Point
Father, don’t let me abandon Your
plans for my life in the mighty name of Jesus.
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