Open Heaven 21 November 2020: [Saturday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Seek God’s Direction Always
SEEK GOD’S DIRECTION ALWAYS – Saturday
November 21st 2020
Memorise: And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue
after this troop? Shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou
shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. 1st Samuel
30:8
Read: 2nd Samuel 5:17-25 (KJV)
17 But when the Philistines heard that they had
anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and
David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of
Rephaim.
19 And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines?
wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless
deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and
said, The Lord hath
broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he
called the name of that place Baalperazim.
21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned
them.
22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in
the valley of Rephaim.
23 And when David enquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a
compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops
of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the
Philistines.
25 And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
Bible in one year: James 1-5, Hymn: Sing hymn 30
Message:-
Many times, there are things that make common
sense to us and we just want to go ahead and do them without asking God if we
should or not. Let us learn from David, a man who we find seeking God’s face
for direction a lot of times in the Bible.
Open Heaven 21 November 2020 – Seek God’s Direction Always
In 1st Samuel 30:1-8, David had
just returned from battle to find out that his people had been attacked. All
their belongings along with their wives and children had been taken by the
enemy. His soldiers who had lost everything they lived for were considering
stoning him to death, but in the middle of all these, David too time to ask God
if he should pursue the attackers.
Open Heaven 21 November 2020: [Saturday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Seek God’s Direction Always
In 2nd Samuel 5:17-25, David asked
God how he should attack the Philistines in war and God gave him a strategy
that worked. After that, he was to face them in battle again and everything
looked exactly like the previous one. David still went back to ask God what to
do. You must never assume that you know what to do at any point in time.
Proverbs 3:5 says:
“Trust
in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
Still
learning from David, there were also times when he failed to seek God’s
guidance before taking decisions and the results were woeful. A classic example
is the census of Israel the devil made him conduct (1st Chronicles
21) which brought God’s wrath upon the nation.
No matter how brilliant you are in your field
of practice, always lean on God for what to do and what not to do. Many people
have made great mistakes that are still hurting them because they thought they
were making the right move based on their professional assessment.
Open Heaven 21 November 2020 Saturday:Key Point
When you get your salary at the end of the
month, do you ask God what you should use the money for? When you are going out
in the morning, do you ask Him what route to take? When you are about to have a
business meeting or presentation, do you ask God for the right approach?
There is a lot to gain from always asking God
for advice. If you want to win in every area of your life, ask God for what to
do per time.
Key Point:
Never assume that you know what to do; always ask God for direction.
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