OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL

RCCG OPEN HEAVEN DEVOTIONAL

NO STOPPING, NO WAITING Wednesday September 28 2016

Memorise:
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Galatians 6:9

Read:
Philip 3:13-17
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have
apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those
things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 l press toward the mark for the prize of the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained,
let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark
them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

Message:
Patience and long-suffering are indispensable virtues for all believers in Christ. In the first place, the race we are
called into can only be run through patience because it is a
marathon. Also, there is hardly any promise of God that can be fulfilled in the life of believers without the
combination of faith and patience (Hebrews 6:12). As indispensable as faith is to a Christian, so also is patience.
No wonder it is listed as part of the fruits of the Spirit in
Galatians 5:22.
Do you know that when your faith is being tried, God uses that trial to generate patience in you? This
implies that the longer the period of trial, the greater your level of patience. But, when you fail to handle a particular
trial of faith the way you should, it will not generate the level of patience that it should. For this reason, many who
have gone through trials complaining saw God as an
opposition, and therefore grumbled against Him. In the
process, some even abandon the faith. This attitude is contrary to the Word of God as recorded in Hebrews 6:12:

"That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through
faith and patience inherit the promises."

Children of God must learn not to be weary in well doing because God has promised us a bountiful harvest if we faint not. We must completely trust in His superior wisdom to decide the timing of our blessings. For instance, He
knows the end of every line of action even at the beginning of that action. This is why you must trust His sense of
judgment at all times, because His decisions are not
limited to what your eyes can see today but also what may happen tomorrow. Many years ago, while we lived in a part
of Lagos that harboured several drug addicts and reckless drivers, my children asked me to buy them a bicycle. When
I declined, they failed to understand. But after we relocated
from that part of Lagos some years later, without a repeat of that request, I bought them the bicycle. If I had obliged
their request the first time, they might not be alive today.
God still deals with us based on what He knows about us today and tomorrow. Be sure that the Lord will not give you the blessing you are not prepared for, lest it destroys you.
Whenever an expected blessing is delayed or when faced with difficulties, long-suffering is required to remain
composed. Even when the situation appears hopeless, just take time to read and study the Bible, asking God to give you a word for that situation. Grab whatever God says, obey and follow-up with action, then wait for the result, and
you will never be disappointed.

Prayer Point:
Father, please help me to patiently wait for your perfect timing in all things in Jesus' name.

Bible in one year:
Ezekiel 19-20,
Psalms 69:22-36..

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