RCCG OPEN HEAVEN DEVOTIONAL: A CHAMPION BY OBEDIENCE Wed 6 Nov 2013 12:00:AM Read: 1 Kings18:30-36 Memory verse: Philippians 2:12 Bible in a year: 1 Timothy1-3 Key Point If Elijah had rejected Godsprovision because it came through ravens, he would have starved. If God gives you something, just accept itwith thanksgiving. Memory Verse Wherefore, my beloved, as yehavealways obeyed, notasin my presence only, butnow much morein myabsence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Philippians2:12 Message A divine champion is someone loved by God. He or she is Gods beloved and as a result, the fellow becomes greater than a conquering general according to Romans 8:37. A divine champion is also someone who is sponsored by God. He does everything according to the instructions he receives from God. He never runs ahead of God at anytime. He would rather not move than go anywhere outside of Gods will. When Elijah was praying on Mount Carmel in 1 Kings 18:36, he said he has done everything according to Gods instructions. The fellow who is truly smart is the one who carries out Gods instruction without relaxing any detail. He or she is totally obedient. He waits on God. Do you hear Gods voice? How obedient are you to His commands? Do you obey His commands selectively – taking what is convenient but leaving what is deemed too sacrificial? If you want to be a divine champion, then you must search out every pending divine instruction and carry it out to the letter. If you still select what to obey and what to disobey from what God has commanded you, you can never be a divine champion. Moreover, a divine champion is the fellow who is sustained by God. God used the ravens to feed Elijah and afterwards He used the widow in 1 Kings 17:2-16. Do you know that Elijah did not question God on the method He chose to feed him by? He received all with thanksgiving. Today, when some of us are praying for provision, we also dictate to God how the provision should come. Do you know that some believers refuse a provision that God has given simply because they disagree with the source through which the blessing is coming? After God has answered the prayers of some of His children, He will begin to face their queries: Why did you provide this money through this fellow and not through me? Do you want to take me through some more reproach? Beloved, you can ask God for anything but God is free to answer your request in any way that pleases Him.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:06:54 +0000
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