Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL 

DATE: WEDNESDAY APRIL 12TH, 2023.

THEME: DESTINY DESTROYERS II

MEMORISE: 

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 

James 4:6

READ: 1 Peter 5:6 

6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

MESSAGE

From our memory verse for today, we see that God resists the proud. If the Almighty God for is your opponent, how will you ever win? The major problem of proud people is that they don't even know that they are proud. They call it other beautiful names like self-respect, self-confidence, or they say, "I am just honouing my position". Saul was asking Samuel to honour his position in 2 Samuel 15: 30 when he lost his honour his position in 1 Samuel 15:30 when he lost his throne. David on the other hand danced like a commoner even as King and was mocked by his own wife. He told her, "I am dancing for the One who made me king in the place of your father" (2 Samuel 6:16-21).

During praise and worship, you will know who is proud and who is not. Look at children; because they aren't seeking to protect any position or anything like that, they just praise God, dancing the best way they can. During a service we held in one of the Universities in Nigeria, the Vice Chancellor danced even more than the students. God looked down from heaven and saw that, so when some weeks later the enemy rose up to remove him, the Lord of hosts fought on his behalf and gave him victory. When you humble yourself, God fights your battles for you.

After one of the biggest programmes we ever held - tagged Lekki '98, l got back to the Camp and that night during my prayer walk, between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m, l suddenly heard God say, "Son, bend down and draw the figure of a man in the sand". I drew the figure and then He said, "Stand up and wipe out what you have draw with your foot".  I did that, and then He said, "Son, if you ever forget who is in charge, l will wipe you out and nobody will ever remember you came into the world". It does not matter how high God has taken you, He can bring you down with the snap of His fingers. Proverbs 16:18 says, "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall".

You would be wise to become more humble as you can, because the higher you go, the greater the fall if you become proud.

PRAYER POINT 

Father, please grant unto me the grace and wisdom to humble myself before You from now in Jesus name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1King 8-9

AUTHOR: PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 10: IN CHRIST ALONE

1 In Christ alone my hope is found 

He is my light, my strength, my song 

This cornerstone, this solid ground 

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm 

What heights of love, what depths of peace 

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease 

My comforter, my all in all 

Here in the love of Christ I stand  

2 In Christ alone who took on flesh 

Fullness of God in helpless babe 

This gift of love and righteousness 

Scorned by the ones He came to save 

Till on that cross as Jesus died 

The wrath of God was satisfied 

For every sin on Him was laid 

Here in the death of Christ I live  

There in the ground His body lay 

3 Light of the world by darkness slain 

Then bursting forth in glorious day 

Up from the grave He rose again 

And as He stands in victory 

Sin's curse has lost its grip on me 

For I am His and He is mine 

Bought with the precious blood of Christ  

4 No guilt in life, no fear in death 

This is the power of Christ in me 

life's first cry to final breath 

Jesus commands my destiny 

No power of hell, no scheme of man 

Can ever pluck me from His hand 

Till He returns or calls me home 

Here in the power of Christ I'll stand