Open Heaven 17 April 2021: [Saturday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Substituted!
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OPEN HEAVEN 17 APRIL 2021 TOPIC: Substituted!
MEMORISE: Remember therefore from
whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come
unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except
thou repent. – Revelation 2:5
READ: Esther 2:1-4 (KJV)
1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was
appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed
against her.
2 Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let
there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his
kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan
the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain,
keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 32-33
Open
Heaven 17 April 2021 MESSAGE:
From today’s Scripture reading, we concluded that substitution
can be negative or positive. To Vashti it was negative, however to Esther, it
was positive. The replacement that is coming your way shall be positive in
Jesus’ name. Esther 2:17 says:
“And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained
grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the
royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.”
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HEAVEN 16 APRIL 2021 – DIVINE INTERVENTION
Anyone who is able to install a king would also have the power
to unseat him. Romans 13:1 says it is God who sets kings on the thrones. This
is why anyone in a position of authority must be very careful not to offend the
One who placed him or her there. Nebuchadnezzar is a classic example of someone
who did not remember that the Almighty rules in the affairs of men. He did not
realize his folly until he was turned into a beast.
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You must endeavour to keep anything God has given you, to avoid
being replaced. As believers, the story in Esther 2:1-17 should teach us some
lessons. We must watch so that nobody would take our crown (Revelation 3:11).
It is a pity that many so-called children of God are no longer holding fast
their position of adoption, rather they are selling their birthright like Esau,
for food.
Vashti momentarily forgot that she was a queen by virtue of the
fact that her husband was the king. She flouted the king’s order and someone
else took her crown. To avoid being replaced, we must be careful to obey, every
instruction given to us by our Saviour, King and Husband – Jesus Christ, as we
see in John 15:16-17.
The Scripture referenced above further enjoins us to bear
fruits. When we do so, we honour and compliment Jesus’ work of salvation.
However, when we refuse to bear fruit, we make His death a waste. Refusal to
bear fruits could lead to one’s substitution. May you never experience negative
substitution in Jesus’ name.
Open Heaven 17 April 2021 PRAYER POINT:
Father,
whatever will make me lose my position in Christ don’t let me do it in the
mighty name of Jesus.
Open
Heaven 17 April 2021 HYMN 18: Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
1.
Pass me not, O gentle Savior,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
Refrain:
Savior, Savior,
Hear my humble cry,
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
2.
Let me at Thy throne of mercy
Find a sweet relief;
Kneeling there in deep contrition,
Help my unbelief.
3.
Trusting only in Thy merit,
Would I seek Thy face;
Heal my wounded, broken spirit,
Save me by Thy grace.
4.
Thou the spring of all my comfort,
More than life to me,
Whom have I on earth beside Thee,
Whom in Heav’n but Thee.
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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