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TIME & OPPORTUNITIES Saturday 16 June


Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

Memorise: For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. Psalms 32:6

Read: Numbers 14: 35-45

Time is an asset given by God to man. However, its illusionary static nature when considered over a short span deceives men. Time is slowly ticking away, quickly converting every second in the present into a thing of the past. How you relate with time will determine whether you will succeed or not. In Numbers 13 and 14, God asked the children of Israel to go and possess the Promised Land, a great opportunity. So they sent 12 spies to check it out and report back to them. Ten of them gave an evil report by stating all they saw physically and concluding that it would be impossible for them to take the land. On the other hand, Caleb and Joshua gave a good report by saying that the problems in the land were no match for the God of Israel. When they revolted against God and His servant Moses, God stepped in and plagued the 10 spies who brought the evil report and they died before the Lord. By the time the congregation realised their error they said they had sinned and were now prepared to go to the Promised Land as earlier instructed by God, but God said it was already too late. Their fate had been sealed! All who left Egypt from age 20 and above were to die in the wilderness without entering the Promise Land. Only the teenagers and children would make it. That is a classical case of missed opportunity in time.

No level of tears could turn the hands of the clock backwards. One lesson here is that the time you perform any assignment for God is very crucial to Him. If God asks you to do something, He also has the time that is right for you to do it. If you choose to do it at a time other than His time, it may not have the same desired impact or the missed opportunities might become irrecoverable or recovering such opportunities might come at a high cost. Whatever God instructs you to do, be in a hurry to do it except He instruct you otherwise. Is the Spirit urging you to pray? Pray now! Please suspend all you are doing and obey, if not, by the time you think you have the time to pray, it might be too late. Some people are sowing their seeds too late. Some prayers are done too late. Some acts of obedience are coming rather too late. Many people are surrendering too late. Don’t be a victim of opportunities lost in time! If you follow divine timing, you will never do anything too late.

KEY POINT:
The devil and the spirit of death, use the illusion of the constancy of time in deceiving those who defer their salvation to a later date thinking they have a lot of time.
 
Bible in One year: Zechariah 4-6

Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 16, 2012 at 6:20 AM

    "Is the spirit urging you to pray,suspend all you are doing and obey..."
    This is so true,I know how much I have suffered for not hearkning to the spirit immediately.the last time I had an accident while driving because I was in so much of a hurry,I did not have the time to kneel down and pray even thought The spirit warned me over and over again to go and pray. I thank God I am alive today.
    May we learn to be obedient. Obedience is better than sacrifice

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  2. MykelJune 16, 2012 at 6:57 AM

    God works in ways we maynt understnd hence thr's nid to submit to his ultmost will. All he demands frm us is unquestionable obedience.

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  3. AnonymousJune 16, 2012 at 7:05 AM

    holy spirit pls help me to deliver your message at the appropraite tim...thank you precious father,for you called our attention..(yetty)

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  4. Seun nd SheyeJune 16, 2012 at 8:11 AM

    10k God 4 dis message,d sender nd Daddy GO- m sooo inspired,God bless us all Amen. Nd also unquestionable obedience 2 God dats all we shld ask 4.

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  5. Balogun olaniyi olamideJune 16, 2012 at 9:42 AM

    Daddy G.O u re indeed blessed

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  6. UnknownJune 18, 2012 at 8:43 PM

    Yes God is always ontime and we pay dearly when we want things done@ our own timing. God sees everything even d end 4m d beginning. We shld always work with his timing to avoid evil as devil is always watching to execute at any given opportunity. God always warns ahead but he can not entertain disobedience, he is too holy to allow or look upon sin.

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