Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Memorise: And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a
prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. Genesis
39:2
Read: Acts 10:38-40
Today, some believers are sick because they went into
fornication. Since nobody except God and their sin partner were aware, they secretly
continued in the sin. Before long, they exchanged divine health for ill-health.
When you take the forbidden fruit of sin you become a piece of bread before
your enemies. If you are in this situation run to Jesus today and ask for
mercy, restoration of your spiritual life and of what the enemy has stolen from
your body! Fornication devours everyone who indulges in it, but if you are
keeping yourself pure as Joseph did then the Lord will be with you. We observe
from the story of Joseph in Genesis 39:1-9 that, prosperity and God’s presence
are interrelated. Joseph prospered because God was with him. Show me a man with
whom God is with and I will show you a prosperous fellow. Jesus made a success
of His life and ministry because God was with Him (Acts 10:38). If you look
through the Bible, you will discover that the reason the saints and patriarchs of
old succeeded was because God was with them. Is God with you?
At salvation, God comes inside you. But is God with you? God
being with you (Emmanuel) speaks of a partnership existing between you and God.
It means you and God are jointly doing whatever He assigns you to do. John 5:17
says:
But Jesus answered
them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
In other words, they were not working apart but towards the
same direction and goal. Can you say you and God are in full agreement in
whatsoever you do?
PRAYER POINT:
Father, as You were with Joseph and made all he did to
prosper, Be with me and turn everything I touch into gold.
Bible in one year: Ezekiel 40-42
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