OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20TH, 2023.
THEME: YOU CAN'T BOX GOD IN l
MEMORISE:
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Romans 11:33
READ: Romans 11:33-36
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
MESSAGE
If you understand the way God works, you would have discovered that He usually does things differently from time to time. Even when He does the same thing twice, He could use a new method to do it. For example, in 2 Kings 5:1-14, He asked Naaman to go and wash in river Jordan and after he obeyed, his leprosy was cured. In Luke 17:11-19, Jesus cleansed ten leper, by simply saying "Go and check yourselves with the Priest".
If you think you know how God will do something and you focus your faith and attention in that direction alone, your miracle may pass you by. That is why you have to go to Him without preconceived ideas. His ways are far higher than your ways (Isaiah 55: 8-9). I do know that He may not do it exactly as you have imagined it. Just listen to Him and let Him guide you.
God may not do that thing you are asking Him for instantly as you may expect. He may choose to do it gradually. He may also not do it gradually and decided to do it instantly. All you need to be assured of is that He will do it and whichever method He chooses to apply will be the best method to get it done.
Don't try to box God in. Don't assume that He will give you your miracle the same way He gave it to that fellow who testified in your Church. Don't imagine the entire process in your head and then lose your miracle when things don't go as imagined, like Naaman almost lost his. If you know the process to getting miracle, why disturb God anyway?
If you know that you cannot do it yourself, leave the One who can do it to determine how it should be done.
Don't box God in. I pray He will surprise you pleasantly, even before to this year ends, in Jesus' name.
KEY POINT
Don't try to box God in; He works in mysterious ways.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Hebrews 11-13
AUTHOR: PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
HYMN 1: ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS NAME
1 All hail the power of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all!
2 O seed of Israel's chosen race
now ransomed from the fall,
hail him who saves you by his grace,
and crown him Lord of all.
Hail him who saves you by his grace,
and crown him Lord of all!
3 Let every tongue and every tribe
responsive to his call,
to him all majesty ascribe,
and crown him Lord of all.
To him all majesty ascribe,
and crown him Lord of all!
4 Oh, that with all the sacred throng
we at his feet may fall!
We'll join the everlasting song
and crown him Lord of all.
We'll join the everlasting song
and crown him Lord of all.
Amen and Amen🙏🙌
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