Open Heavens 10 March 2023: [Friday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – Waiting On God
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Open Heavens 10 March 2023 TOPIC: Waiting On God
Memorise: But they that wait upon the
Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they
shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31
(KJV)
READ: Psalm 27:13-14 (KJV)
13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in
the land of the living.
14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Open Heavens 10 March 2023 MESSAGE:
Not many people know what it really means to wait
on God. I’ll try to explain it using how a waiter waits on guests at an upscale
restaurant. The waiter ensures the guest sits comfortably then proceeds to take
his or her order. The waiter then ensures the order is delivered promptly and
exactly as specified by the guest.
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– In His Presence
Apostle Paul said in Ephesians 6:13,
“Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” Having done
everything you know to do before God, stand. Once you are serving Him, winning
souls, following up on them, paying your tithes, giving your offerings,
honouring Him with your first fruits and all else you know to do, according to
His word, the only thing left is to stand. You are to wait on Him, asking
“Lord, what else do you want me to do?”. The moment you get an answer, jump
into action.
When those who wait on the Lord go to Him in prayers, they pray the way He
would want them to: they pray His word back to Him. Since it is His word, He
will answer it. They don’t pray only just when they feel like it; many times,
they feel Him nudging them to pray even when they do not feel like. Those who
wait on the Lord don’t seek their own pleasure in life; all they want is to
please their Master. If God tells them, “I need all the money in your bank
account for this project” they don’t hesitate; they drop the money immediately.
They are always at His beck and call, willing and eager to do His bidding.
Now, when you have had a very good waiter attend to you at a restaurant,
you are likely to drop a tip for the fellow. The tip that God gives you in
return for waiting on Him, according to Isaiah 40:31, is that
He will renew your strength. This means that sickness and even old age will not
have power over you. He will become your doctor, taking care of you by Himself.
Also, He will give you wings to fly like an eagle. In other words, you will be
in a class of your own. Great men will call you great. You will excel so much
in all you do that it will be difficult for anybody to beat your record. Commit
to waiting on God from today, He rewards all those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6).
Open Heaven 10 March 2023 REFLECTION
Are you willing to become God’s waiter?
Open Heavens 10 March 2023 HYMN 7: I Am Thine O Lord
1 I am Thine, O Lord
I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee.
Refrain:
Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.
2 Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord
By the power of grace divine
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine.
3 Oh, the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God
I commune as friend with friend!
4 There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with 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 kleinanzeigen in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
1 Comments
The Holy Spirit is so real. I had the nudging moments earlier to sing a hymn then went into the daily devotion, only to see at the end of the reading that the hymn of the day in the daily devotion was the same hymn i sang prior to the reading. God is indeed never far away from His children. Hallelujah!
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