Open Heaven 17 May 2022: [Tuesday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – The God of Isaac
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Open Heaven 17 May 2022 TOPIC: The God of Isaac
Memorise: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I
will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is
upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; Genesis 22:17
Bible Reading: Genesis 22:1-18 (KJV)
1. And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and
said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest,
and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering
upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took
two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the
burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4. Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar
off.
5. And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I
and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac
his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of
them together.
7. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he
said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where
is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8. And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt
offering: so they went both of them together.
9. And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built
an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid
him on the altar upon the wood.
10. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his
son.
11. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said,
Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing
unto him: for now | know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld
thy son, thine only son from me.
13. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram
caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and
offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
14. And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh: as it is said
to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
15. And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second
time,
16. And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast
done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17. That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply
thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea
shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
BIBLE IN YEAR:
NEHEMIAH 2:1-20, NEHEMIAH
3:1-32, NEHEMIAH 4:1-23, NEHEMIAH 5:1-19
Open Heaven 17 May 2022 Message
God of Isaac is the God of
laughter (Genesis 21:1-7). He is not
just the God of laughter, but also the God of multiplication.
ALSO READ: Open Heavens 16 May 2022 – The God of Abraham
Our Bible reading today tells us how God asked Abraham to offer Isaac as a
sacrifice and how he (Abraham) was about to do so before God stopped him.
God later on blessed Abraham: “in blessing I will bless thee, and in
multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand
which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his
enemies. Genesis 22:17”
How does He multiply? In Genesis
26:12-14, the Bible tells us that when Isaac sowed, in the same year, he
had a hundredfold return. This therefore means that the God of Isaac is the God
of a hundredfold returns.
When you look at the last promise in Genesis
22:17, you see God saying that Abrahams seed will possess the gate of his
enemies. In those days, the gate was the centre of a city’s economy.
This means that when the God of Isaac is your God, you will become so
prosperous that whether nations like you or not, they would have to do whatever
you say.
It is unfortunate however, that many Christians are not this prosperous and
this is because they are not like Isaac. When Abraham was going to offer a
sacrifice to God, Isaac asked his father, I can see the wood, I can see the
fire, where is the animal to be sacrificed? (Genesis 22:7).
Abraham said God would provide the lamb. The moment Abraham started binding
him, lsaac knew he was the sacrifice. Abraham bound him and laid him on the
wood, yet Isaac cooperated all the way.
If he had decided to struggle just a little, he would have won because
there is no way a man who is over a hundred years old can hold a teenager down.
However, Isaac was ready to give himself as a sacrifice to the Most High God.
Only those who can sacrifice their all can enjoy the kind of multiplication
that the God of Isaac gives. Solomon sacrificed what no man ever did and God
blessed him more than every other man.
Sow a seed that will really cost you – a sacrificial offering. If you want
to be so prosperous that you will control the economies and politics of
nations, then nothing must be too big for you to give to God.
Open Heaven 17 May 2022 KEY POINT:
Give a sacrificial offering to a Church, person or project that you are
sure is for God.
Open Heaven 17 May 2022 HYMN:
WHEN WE WALK WITH THE LORD
1. When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our
way,
While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust
and obey.
CHORUS
Trust and obey,
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
But to trust and obey.
2. Not a shadow can rise,
Not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives
it away,
Not a doubt or a fear,
Not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and
obey.
3. Not a burden we bear,
Not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly
repay,
Not a grief nor a loss,
Not a frown nor a cross,
But is blest if we trust and
obey.
4. But we never can prove
The delights of His love,
Until all on the altar we
lay,
For the favour He shows,
And the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust
and obey.
5. Then in fellowship sweet
We will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in
the way,
What He says we will do,
Where He sends, we will go,
Never fear, only trust and
obey.
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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