Open Heaven 20 January 2022: [Thursday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – Let There Be Light IV
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Heaven 20 January 2022 TOPIC: Let There Be Light IV
Memorise: For his anger endureth but a
moment,
in his favour is life: weeping
may endure for a night; but joy cometh in the morning. Psalms 30:5
READ: Esther 8:15-16 (KJV)
15 And Mordecai went out from the presence
of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold,
and with a garment of fine linen and purple:
and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Exodus 9-11
Open Heaven 20 January 2022 MESSAGE:
There is a correlation
between light and joy just as there is between darkness and sorrow. “Let there
be light” can therefore mean “Let there be joy”.
There is no joy in darkness; light produces
joy unspeakable, full of glory. However, joy is in categories.
Read: Open Heavens 19 January 2022 – Let There Be Light III
There is ordinary joy as we read in our memory
verse today. In our Bible reading today we also read about the joy of God’s
people when the darkness of wickedness
and hatred that arose against them from Haman were quashed.
There is also great
joy according to (1 Chronicles 29:9):
Then the people rejoiced,
for that they offered willingly,
because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord: and David the
king also rejoiced with great joy.
In the Scripture above we learn
one secret of the great joy of the people. This secret
lies in the fact that they offered to the Lord
their substance, their praise, willingly and with perfect hearts.
Another lesson is that King
David also rejoiced with great joy, which means that great joy is not
determined by position, the amount of wealth
or level of influence.
Both the king and the ordinary
people experienced great Joy. There is, however, another category of joy and
that is exceeding
great joy.
Matthew 2:10 tells of the exceeding
great joy of wise
men who were searching for the newborn
Saviour of the world. It says “When they saw the star, they rejoiced with
exceeding great joy”.
Open Heaven 20 January 2022 – OPEN HEAVEN FOR TODAY
When you discover the Person of Jesus
Christ the Saviour, your joy will be unspeakable and exceedingly
great. This is also called the joy of salvation.
Peter the Apostle described this kind of joy thus, “But rejoice,
Inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings,
that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy”
(1 Peter 4:13).
Sorrow is the opposite of joy and it characterizes the life of those who
are not born
again. Beloved, do you desire joy?
Then get out of the darkness of this world of sin and embrace
Jesus Christ – the Light of this world.
In John 8:12, Jesus says “Then
spake Jesus again unto them, saying,
I am the light of the world:
he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness,
but shall have the light of life.”
Open Heaven 20 January 2022 KEY POINT:
If
you want unspeakable
and exceedingly great joy, come out of the darkness
of this world of sin and embrace Jesus
Christ the Light today.
Open Heaven 20 January 2022 HYMN: I’VE A MESSAGE FROM THE LORD, HALLELUJAH!
1. I’ve a message from the Lord, Hallelujah!
The message unto you I’ll give,
“Tis recorded in His Word, Hallelujah!
It is only that you “look and live.
CHORUS Refrain:
“Look and live,” my brother, live,
Look to Jesus
now and live;
‘Tis recorded in His Word, Hallelujah!
It is only that you “look and live.”
2. I’ve a message full of love, Hallelujah!
A message, O my friend, for you,
Tis a message from above, Hallelujah!
Jesus said it, and I know ‘tis true.
3. Life is offered unto you, Hallelujah!
Eternal life your soul shall have
If you’ll only look to Him, Hallelujah!
Look to Jesus, who alone can save.
4. I will tell you how I came, Hallelujah!
To Jesus when He made me whole:
“Twas believing on His name, Hallelujah!
I trusted and He saved my soul.
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 kleinanzeigen in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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