Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Memorise: And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have
mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. Jeremiah 42:12
Read: 1 Samuel 9:1-10, 17
When you go by the road side, you may meet a beggar asking
for alms. He did not work for you at any time and you probably already have
plans for the money on you, yet mercy compels you to suspend your needs and
give something to meet his need. Mercy makes an individual to get what he or
she did not deserve just like the beggar. May mercy work in your favour from
today in Jesus name.
In 1956, while living with my uncle, we had our fair share
of poverty. He was poor but I was poorer. We mutually shared whatever we had.
One day, we were very hungry and there was no food in sight. Then all of a
sudden a young girl approached us and said her sister asked her to give us the
food she was carrying - pounded yam with vegetable soup and chicken. My uncle
told her he did not know her sister and asked if she was sure we were the right
people the food was meant for. She replied in the affirmative, so we received
the gift and my uncle told her he will be expecting more gifts from her sister
like this one she brought. Immediately the girl left, we pounced on the food.
As soon as we were done eating the food, the girl resurfaced and said it was all
a mistake that the food was not for us. Who will give a hungry lion a goat and
expect to get it back? The mercy of God can corner what was meant for somebody
else for the recipient of His mercy. This season, the mercy of God will bring
you blessings and opportunities including the one not initially meant for you.
Some people can go to a place for a particular thing or go there by “mistake”,
not knowing that the mercy of God had propelled their legs to that place, right
there an opportunity to change their lives will meet them. One of such
beneficiaries of this kind of mercy was Saul. He went out in search of the
missing asses of his father and there mercy met him and connected him with a
chain of events that culminated in him becoming a king. By an unplanned move or
deed, mercy will connect you to your destiny. Mercy turns mistakes into
appointments.
PRAYER POINT:
When mercy is involved, there are no mistakes! Father, let
Your mercy compel mistakes to work in my favour.
Bible in one year: Ezekiel 1-3
A mighty AMEN to todays reading
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ReplyDeleteFather, make me a recepient of your mercy today in Jesus name.
ReplyDeleteFather, locate me nd my family with ur mercy today nd forever. Amen
ReplyDeleteFather let your mercy find me and let me not miss the opportunity that just came my way IJN Amen and Amen
ReplyDeleteGod thank you for this message nd may every mistake by ur mercy work in my favour......AMEN.
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