Open Heaven Daily Devotional 4 July 2023
TOPIC: Divine Help (III)
MEMORISE
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
1 Kings 19:5
READ: 1 Kings 19:1-8
Open Heaven Daily Devotional 4 July 2023 MESSAGE
Beloved, if you have surrendered your life to Jesus Christ, you have His open invitation to ask for everything you want in faith and He will do them for you according to His will. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure, they are and were created. Revelation 4:11 The verse above clearly states that the Creator made all things for His pleasure.
For example, in our Bible reading for today, we see God feeding Elijah so that he would have the required strength to fulfil the divine mission set before him. The angel of the Lord said to him, “Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.” That meal gave him the strength he needed for forty days and forty nights as he travelled to Horeb, the mountain of God (1 Kings 19:7-8). Many people, however, want divine help for selfish reasons.
Some of them are not even born again, yet they are asking for miracles. Such people fail to realise that the Almighty God is a prudent investor and He will not invest in a project that will not promote His Kingdom. For example, God needed a prophet so when Hannah asked for a son and promised to give him back to God, the Lord granted her request (1 Samuel 1).
Jesus said in Matthew 7:6: Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and rend you. Memorise: And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
The verse above implies that God will not give that which is holy to someone who is still living in sin. You And Let It Be cannot remain in the kingdom of darkness or be toying
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