Open Heavens

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL


DATE: SUNDAY 13TH DECEMBER 2020.


THEME: THE GOD OF MIRACLES.


MEMORISE:


But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

2 Kings 6:5



READ: 2 Kings 6:1-7


1And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.


2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.


3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.


4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.


5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.


6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.


7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.



MESSAGE:


A miracle happens when God suspends the law of nature in a particular situation. For example, Jesus suspended the law of gravity for a while so He could walk on water. It is often difficult to explain a miracle to unbelievers, because such occurrences defy natural understanding. The good news is that it does not matter what the world may say, my Daddy is the miracle-working God and when He steps into a matter, miracles happen.


It has been God’s nature from time immemorial to do miracles. The creation of Heaven and earth was a miracle. Every principle established on earth started as a miracle when first made. Before it became normal for the sun to shine, God first performed the miracle of creation. When Jesus (God the Son) came, He established Himself as a functional part of the Godhead by performing several novel miracles. As many as these miracles were, the book of John 21:25 says:

“And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.”


We will use our Bible reading as a typical example of a miracle. The sons of the prophets were carrying out a ministry building project when the axe head they borrowed fell into a deep river. The one from whose hands it fell cried out for help and got it in the most amazing fashion. Prophet Elisha threw a light log of wood into the river and a very heavy axe head floated in its place while the wood sank like a rock. God reverses principles He created; He controls everything! The principle of floatation was reversed and the sons of the prophets were saved from embarrassment.


Nothing is impossible for the God of miracles (Luke 1:37). Put all your trust in Him.


I decree and declare God’s miraculous intervention into every situation that wants to embarrass you, in the mighty name of Jesus.



PRAYER POINT:


Father, please intervene in my life and turn all impossibilities to possibilities, in the mighty name of Jesus.



BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Acts 27-28



AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 



HYMN 24: PASS ME NOT, O GENTLE SAVIOR.


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.

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