Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Memorise: And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart
smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt. 1 Samuel 24:5
Read: 1 Samuel 24:1-6
When you are born again, you become a brand new person (2
Corinthians 5:17). Salvation is crucial and precious hence Mark 8:36 says
gaining the whole world at the expense of one’s soul profits nothing. You must
never allow anything or anyone to rob you of your salvation. There are
experiences in your Christian walk beyond salvation. At salvation, God cleanses
all your past sins, destroys old queries in your heavenly file and gives you a
new beginning, but it doesn’t end there. Your new nature in Christ given at
salvation needs to be made manifest in your experience of sanctification. By
this, you manifest the ability to crave a holy life. Beyond just washing your
sins away, the Lord gives you a new heart. According to Ezekiel 36:26, He
replaces your heart of stone with a heart of flesh. Why? Jeremiah 17:9 says
your original heart is desperately wicked. From it proceeds all evil thoughts
and schemes (Matt 15:19).
The type of heart you have will indicate whether you are
saved and sanctified or still in your sins. If you say you are born again but
your heart never pricks you when you sin, you are in a very dangerous
situation. From 1 Timothy 4:2 we understand that some who had known the Lord
will fall from the faith having their conscience seared with a hot iron. If you
lie and your heart is not pricked then your conscience is dead. If your
God-given conscience, given to checkmate intended evil actions, no longer
convicts you of wrong doing, or has been intimidated by you to the point of it
never condemning you of wrong doing, then know you are very close to
destruction. A dead heart will take its owner to hell. The heart that can take
you to Heaven is a sensitive heart. In 1 Samuel 24:1-6, David found King Saul
sleeping and he cut off his skirt, yet his sensitive heart did not let him
rest. Today, some so-called Christians can kill a fellow human being and get no
knocks from their dead hearts. What kind of heart do you have?
PRAYER POINT:
Father, every heart of stone operating in Your church today,
replace with hearts of flesh.
Bible in one year: Ecclesiastes 7-9
Bible in one year: Ecclesiastes 7-9
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