OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL- THEME;ANGRY WITH GOD? THURSDAY- FEBRUARY
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Yesterday’s message was titled “JESUS IN YOUR BOAT”. Today’s message is titled“ANGRY WITH GOD?” as given by Pastor E. A. Adeboye in Open Heavens Devotional (Adeboye, 2014). In today’s message, we have been asked to memorise Romans 8:28: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose" and read Matthew 11:2-6. The Bible in one year reading for today has been taken from Jeremiah 13 to 15 and Psalm 47.
Quoted below is the message for today. God bless you for our discussion.
"When deferred hope prompts a person to issue queries to God, it is an indication of the person taking offence towards God. We have to settle it in our hearts as children of Goo that there can never be justifiable grounds for us to pick a fight with God. You Can ask God questions to seek clarification of issues, but to query Him, that is a no-go area. The case of John the Baptist in our Bible reading is one glaring example of this practice which some of us also indulge in. John had himself acknowledged Jesus to be the Lamb of God that takes away our sins in John 1:29. But much later, in the midst of his trouble with King Herod, who imprisoned him because he spoke out against Herod's taking of his brother's wife, he sent his disciples to Jesus.This time, it was not to complement Jesus, but to air his doubt about who he had rightly proclaimed Him to be. Why did it come to this? It was because he expected that Jesus as the Messiah ought to have known about his situation and to have either spoken or applied His power in getting him out of Herod's custody. To be imprisoned is not a palatable experience, yet our knowledge and confidence in God's ability, love, faithfulness and goodness should not be challenged by our life experiences. Jesus replied John's emissaries in Matthew 1 1 :6 thus:
“And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.”
We must be careful in the midst of challenges never to allow offence against God set in our heart.
There is no one who has been saved for ten years, who would not ask questions about not seeing corresponding results or answers to some prayers. However, you must realise that life is in phases (Psalm 37:25). Take for example Joseph: first, he was his father's favourite with a special coat (Genesis 3 7 :3), next he was the dreamer (Genesis 37:19), then he was an interpreter of dreams (Genesis 40:1 -22) and finally he became the Prime Minister (Genesis 41 :3 9-46). The journey of life for Joseph was not all smooth sailing, but his end was glorious. Joseph did not begin to issue queries against God in the evil days of his life experiences. Life is in phases. In the eyes of men, some phases are bad while some are good. As a child of God you must however remember that:
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 "
Today's action point is to have a deep reflection to recollect wherever you may have taken offence or have been angry with God, and apologise to Him from your heart.
I pray that God will give us the grace to see Him at the center of whatever situation we find ourselves, knowing fully well that His thoughts of us are of good and not of evil to bring us to an expected end (Jeremiah 29:11)
Yesterday’s message was titled “JESUS IN YOUR BOAT”. Today’s message is titled“ANGRY WITH GOD?” as given by Pastor E. A. Adeboye in Open Heavens Devotional (Adeboye, 2014). In today’s message, we have been asked to memorise Romans 8:28: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose" and read Matthew 11:2-6. The Bible in one year reading for today has been taken from Jeremiah 13 to 15 and Psalm 47.
Quoted below is the message for today. God bless you for our discussion.
"When deferred hope prompts a person to issue queries to God, it is an indication of the person taking offence towards God. We have to settle it in our hearts as children of Goo that there can never be justifiable grounds for us to pick a fight with God. You Can ask God questions to seek clarification of issues, but to query Him, that is a no-go area. The case of John the Baptist in our Bible reading is one glaring example of this practice which some of us also indulge in. John had himself acknowledged Jesus to be the Lamb of God that takes away our sins in John 1:29. But much later, in the midst of his trouble with King Herod, who imprisoned him because he spoke out against Herod's taking of his brother's wife, he sent his disciples to Jesus.This time, it was not to complement Jesus, but to air his doubt about who he had rightly proclaimed Him to be. Why did it come to this? It was because he expected that Jesus as the Messiah ought to have known about his situation and to have either spoken or applied His power in getting him out of Herod's custody. To be imprisoned is not a palatable experience, yet our knowledge and confidence in God's ability, love, faithfulness and goodness should not be challenged by our life experiences. Jesus replied John's emissaries in Matthew 1 1 :6 thus:
“And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.”
We must be careful in the midst of challenges never to allow offence against God set in our heart.
There is no one who has been saved for ten years, who would not ask questions about not seeing corresponding results or answers to some prayers. However, you must realise that life is in phases (Psalm 37:25). Take for example Joseph: first, he was his father's favourite with a special coat (Genesis 3 7 :3), next he was the dreamer (Genesis 37:19), then he was an interpreter of dreams (Genesis 40:1 -22) and finally he became the Prime Minister (Genesis 41 :3 9-46). The journey of life for Joseph was not all smooth sailing, but his end was glorious. Joseph did not begin to issue queries against God in the evil days of his life experiences. Life is in phases. In the eyes of men, some phases are bad while some are good. As a child of God you must however remember that:
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 "
Today's action point is to have a deep reflection to recollect wherever you may have taken offence or have been angry with God, and apologise to Him from your heart.
I pray that God will give us the grace to see Him at the center of whatever situation we find ourselves, knowing fully well that His thoughts of us are of good and not of evil to bring us to an expected end (Jeremiah 29:11)
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