OPEN
HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE :
SUNDAY 4 JANUARY 2015
TOPIC:
THE POWER TO BECOME
Memorize
But as
many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to
them that believe on his name: John 1:12
Read: 1
Samuel 16:11-13
11 And
Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children?
And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest,
and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel
said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we
will not sit down till he come hither.
12 And
he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy,
and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly
to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him:
for this is he.
13 Then
Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him
in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the
LORD came upon David from that day forward. So
Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
BIBLE
IN ONE YEAR: ISAIAH 9:8-11:16 and ACTS 3
Message
In 1
Samuel 2:8, we read of what the Almighty God can
make out of the life of an ordinary person. He gives the power to become. This
power come to an individual by the spirit of
God. When the power of the Holyspirit comes in
contact with an ordinary person, that fellows
ceases to be ordinary and becomes extraordinary. However, before the gift of
the Holy Spirit can come upon an individual, he or she
must possess some qualities that will bring about such empowerment. Before God
can Trust you with His power, He would have ascertained that you would make
good use of it. God gives His Power for the purpose of expanding His Kingdom on
earth (Acts 1:8)
David
was given the power to become a deliverance minister through the
instrumentality of the anointing. What Spiritual work can anyone do without
anointing? Absolute Nothing! Some people do not know the essence of the
anointing; they think being ordained is just for the conferment of titles such
as deacons, deaconess, pastor, bishop etc. No! The primary essence of being
ordained is to impart the anointing that destroys yokes. Such yokes are first destroyed
in the life of the anointed. The anointing equips a person for spiritual assignments
that are primarily geared towards the destruction of the kingdom of the devil.
One of
my sons describes the need for the anointing this way "when an engineer does
his engineering work in a secular organisations, he does not need the anointing. However, when that same
engineer becomes engaged in the service of the
church, he needs the anointing to succeed.
This is
so because the devil knows he now works to
pull down his kingdom through the medium of the church." An electronics
engineer in the media department of a living
church organisations or in a Christian media house definitely need the Holy Spirit’s anointing to succeed in making
the gospel heard either through the pulpit or on television screens.
This is
the reasons why every skilled worker of the church,
including financial managers, need to be born
again, sanctified and Holyspirit filled if they would
not end up becoming like Judas Iscariot. This will make them obtain power to
become unstoppable and indestructible vessels
of honour in the household of faith.
Action
Point:
Purge
yourself of all sinful habits so that you may be
prepared unto every good work as a vessel of honour (2 Timothy 2:21)
AUTHOR:
Pst E. A ADEBOYE
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