WHO SHALL GO FOR US?
In yesterday's message, as
provided by Pastor E. A. Adeboye in Open heavens Devotional (Adeboye, 2014), we
learnt about the necessity of the miraculous. The message that we
studied in the devotional this morning is titled "WHO SHALL GO FOR US?"
The memory verse is from Isaiah 6:8, "Also I heard the voice of The Lord,
saying Whom shall I send? who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send
me" and
our Bible reading is taken from Mark 16:15-16 "And he said unto them, Go ye
into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be
damned"
while the Bible in one year exercise for today is Hebrews 9-10 and Psalm 25
Thanks to all that read and
contributed to yesterday's discussion. Today's message is quoted below, as provided by Pastor E. A.
Adeboye (Adeboye, 2014). Please feel free to continue the conversation
and edify one another in the process (Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the
countenance of his friend- Proverbs 27:17)
"God needs men and women who have found the
saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ to go out in search of lost souls. He
laid down an example for us in Genesis 3:9 where He went looking for Adam in
the Garden of Eden after the fall. God is looking for people to win street boys
and girls, (pimps, hardened criminals, robbers, social miscreants, drug
dealers, prostitutes, etc. God is looking for those who are highly anointed to
bring these unreached| groups into. His kingdom. We must target people who are
the brains behind insecurity in our societies if we really desire security of
lives and property. God like in the days of Isaiah the prophet is looking for
highly anointed people to send to nations that are resistant to the gospel. We
need people who can minister in societies that are dominated by atheists,
hard-core Muslims, secularists humanists as well as those who are sold out to
the occult: God needs missionaries who are powerfully anointed to out for Him
and rescue perishing souls around the world. The Church needs believers who
have what it takes to go out there and heal the sick, cast out demons and
deliver the oppressed in the Name of Jesus Christ. God is asking passionately,
”Who shall I send, who shall go for us?” Are you highly anointed? If your
answer is yes, then say to Him: ”Here am I, send me”. The anointing which God
is bringing your way through this devotional is not meant for frivolities, it
is meant to meet the needs of the assignment God has for you.
When my birthday approaches, people ask me time and
again: ”What do you desire as a gift for your birthday?” I have always replied:
”Souls”. The greatest gift anyone can ever give me is the salvation of
multitude of souls. The salvation of souls not only brings joy to me but also
to my Daddy. Go all the way to win souls if you want to please God. The Bible
in Ezekiel 3:18 says,
”When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die;
and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his
wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity;
but his blood will I require at thine hand.”
The implication of this scripture is that some
believers may be in danger of hell, not because they directly commit the so
called popular sins, but because of the sin of omission. Failure to go all out
to evangelise is a sin of omission. The Lord consistently is asking: ”Who will
go for us?” Let our answer be: ”Here am I, send me”. You shall be mightily
rewarded for it."
Today's action point is for us to draw out a personal soul-winning programme
for ourselves and better still, for our family and work out its execution
without further delay.
I pray that the divine grace and ability to execute
my soul winning plans will never be truncated by the enemy in Jesus name.
Reference:
Adeboye, E. A. (2014) . Open Heavens: A Guide to
Close Fellowship with God, Volume 14, 2014. Nigeria: Open Heavens Media
Limited.
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