Daily Devotional
Open Heavens - PERPETUAL SERVANT: - Thursday 23 August 2012
Thursday, August 23, 2012Omoba
PERPETUAL SERVANT
Memorise: Know ye not chat the
unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither
fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of
themselves with mankind, 1 Corinthians 6:9
Read: Exodus 21:2-6
It is love that can make a man to wait for 14 years just to get married to the
lady of his choice like Jacob did for Rachel (Genesis 29:18-28). A lady once
told me that nobody was asking for her hand in marriage. We prayed and few
months later, she had six suitors on line. Then she came to me to ask how she
will know the one that is her husband. I asked her to tell them that they
should wait for 14 years, by that time she would be through with her Ph.D.
programme and would have worked for some years.
Not one of them stayed after
hearing that. If there is love, there is strength to wait. Love can be very
costly. It can cost a man his freedom. From Exodus 21:2-6 we understand that
any servant that is Hebrew is expected to serve for six years and on the
seventh, he should be freed. If however he marries and because of love he
refuses to go, he would receive a mark so that anybody who sees him will know
that he is a slave forever. Occasionally, 1 hear some people give God
conditions before complying with certain divine requests or instructions. This
shows that they do not love God, or that they have forgotten they were supposed
to be His servants forever.
True love gives you super human strength. When somebody is truly in love, he
could survive any adversity for the sake of that love (Romans 8:35-37). Being
more than conquerors is a height in love which many do not yet know. If you are
truly in love with God, you will gladly die for Him like Stephen (Acts
7:54-60). Today, because many church leaders are afraid for their lives, they
cannot go to certain countries or certain parts within their native land to
preach Christ. Death is no big deal but the big deal is what you go through
before you die. In the days of communism, it was the torture that a Christian
went through that gave him pleasure; today, the reverse is the case. A
Christian was arrested and thrown into prison. He began to witness Christ to
the inmates so they took him and gave him the beating of his life until he was
bleeding all over. By the time he was returned, he asked those he was preaching
to, "Where did I stop before the interruption?" Loving God can be
expensive. How cheap or otherwise is your love for God?
ACTION POINT:
Take this confession:
Lord Jesus, I confess and acknowledge you as my Lord. I am your servant. You
own all I have. And I will worship you with all that You give me until you take
me to glory.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional
Written by: Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Open Heavens Online
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