Open Heaven 7 February 2021: [Sunday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – A Time to Flee I
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Topic: A Time To Flee I (Open
Heaven 7 February 2021)
Memorise: “But when they persecute you in this
city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone
over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.”. – Matthew 10:23
Read: Genesis 27:41-45 (KJV)
41. And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing
wherewith his father blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of
mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
42. And these words of Esau her elder
son were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said
unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself,
purposing to kill thee.
43. Now therefore, my son, obey my
voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
44. And tarry with him a few days,
until thy brother’s fury turn away;
45. Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him; then I will send, and fetch thee from thence; why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
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Open Heaven 7 February 2021 MESSAGE:
If
you are to achieve your purpose on earth, there is a time to run. In our Bible
reading for today, Jacob had been mightily blessed by his father. His brother
Esau however, wanted to kill him. Jacob fled. If he had not fled, all the
blessings would have been wasted. In (1 Samuel 19:9-12), when David was playing
for King Saul who threw a spear at him and missed, David fled. If he hadn’t
fled at that time, he might never have become the King of Israel. There is a
time to flee. In Matthew 2:13-15, the Bible tells us that the Almighty God told
Joseph to flee with Jesus. You may think “But where were the angels? They
should have been around to protect Him.” God said “flee” because there is a
time to flee. Once in a while, the Almighty God Himself will tell you “I am
your refuge, but for now, I say run”.
Open Heaven 7 February 2021 – A Time to Flee I
Also See: Open Heaven 6 February 2021 – A Time to Hide
When
I was a young Pastor in the RCCG and the Lord began to move mightily in my
life, the persecution from some other pastors of the Church became so much at a
point that I had to flee the University of Lagos to the University of Ilorin
where I continued with my lecturing job. I fled. Once, a Pastor wrote me a
letter full of insults, which I read to my Father-in-the-Lord – the then
General Superintendent. Rather than discipline the Pastor as I had expected, he
asked me to go and plead for the man’s forgiveness, even though I hadn’t done
anything wrong. I was shocked and to be honest, it was hard for me to do. Thank
God I obeyed because some time later the Pastor confessed that, having
concluded that he was going to hell, he had also resolved to take me along with
him. My Father-in-the-Lord had seen that this was not a fight to face, but
rather one to flee.
When
it is time to flee, flee! When you are dealing with false brethren, it is time
to flee. The elders have a saying that if the enemy within cannot kill you,
neither can the one without. Samson’s brethren were the ones who presented him
bound to the Philistines in Judges 15:9-13. When the devil could not get him
through them, he decided to bring one of his daughters into Samson’s internal
circle and thus got him that way. When the devil is determined to bring a
fellow down, he will enter into one of the fellow’s brethren like he entered
into Judas. Had it not yet been Jesus’ time to be crucified, He would have
fled.
Flee
false brethren; they are not the ones actually fighting you, it is the devil
using them. If at all you engage them, don’t forget: the internal enemy is more
dangerous than the external one.
Open Heaven 7 February 2021 Sunday Key Point:
Father, expose all false brethren around me and help me to flee
when it is time to flee in Jesus name.
Open Heaven 7 February 2021 Hymn 16: O Lord, Our Help In Ages Past
1. O Lord, our help in
ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
2. Under the shadow of
Your throne
Your saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Your arm alone,
And our defence is sure.
3. Before the hills in
order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting You are God,
To endless years the same.
4. A thousand ages in
Your sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
5. The busy tribes of
flesh and blood,
With all their lives and cares,
Are carried downward by your flood,
And lost in foll’wing years.
6. Time, like an
ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
7. O God, our help in
ages past,
Our hope for years to come:
Be Thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.
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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