Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Memorise: Let your light so shine before men, that they may
see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16
Read: 1 Samuel 22:1-2
One area in which the anointing of God upon your life should
overflow to others to meet their needs is mentoring. In 1 Samuel 22:1-2, while
David was in the cave of Adullam, all kinds of problem-laden people gathered
together under him and his anointing flowed to them. At the end of the day,
their status changed and they became mighty men. One reason those jobless
brethren are in your church is to receive anointing in mentoring that will
deliver great jobs to them. Those social outcasts and non conformists (area
boys) are in your church to benefit from the overflow of God’s anointing from
your life. Your success would be measured to a large extent by the number of
such lives changed under your ministry. If your ministry cannot impact lives
for good, it’s either you are hoarding your anointing or your oil has run dry.
How much impact are you having on the people God has placed under your watch?
The overflow of the anointing can also preserve life. It can
prevent death that had been projected. In 1 Kings 17:8-16, the widow of
Zarephath was about to take her last meal and die when the anointing on Elijah
flowed to her and changed her last meal into the first of her abundance. Are
you having so little, with no idea where your next meal or provision would come
from? In the name of Jesus your last shall become your first in abundant
provision. You shall not die. Several years ago, I visited a friend. While
there, I observed their youngest daughter was strapped to the back of her
mother. This girl would not allow anybody to carry her except her mother. But
as I arrived, the baby stretched forth her hands for me to carry her. I did and
prayed for her and left. Some months later, the girl’s mother confessed that on
the day I came, she had planned to kill the child but that visit saved her
life. Every plan to terminate you or members of your family this year shall be
terminated in Jesus name.
PRAYER POINT:
Father, make my life and ministry have more impact in Jesus
name.
Bible in one year: Genesis 40-42
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