Yesterday’s message was titled “IDENTIFY YOUR ENEMIES II”. Today’s
message is titled “VICTORY OVER ENEMIES I” as given by Pastor
E. A. Adeboye in Open Heavens Devotional (Adeboye, 2014). In today’s message,
we have been asked to memorise Psalm 91:1 “He that dwelleth in
the secret place of the most High shall abide under the . shadow of the
Almighty.” and read Psalm 91 :1-2. Our Bible in one
year for today has been taken from Jeremiah 44-46 and Psalm 58 (Adeboye,
2014).
The message is quoted below. God
bless you for your contribution
“The first thing that strikes you in Psalm 91 :1 is that there is
someone called ”The Most High”. He is called ”The Most High” because He is
higher than the highest (Ecclesiastes 5:8”). The Name of that Person called ”Th
Most High” is Jesus. It is written concerning Hi -8 Philippians2:9 that:
“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him and grven him a name which
is above every name:”
There is a story about four boys who were discussing their
fathers. Each boasted about his own. The first said his father was the greatest
because his father was the Head of State. The second boy said his father was
greater because h is father was the physician of the Head of State. His father
could order the president to stay in bed for one week and the president would
obey him. The third boy then said his father was higher than the fathers of the
other two because his father was the medicine man of their fathers. He could
kill the two fathers if he wished. The fourth boy, who was the son of a
messenger, said his father was the greatest of all four fathers because, not
only could his father kill all their fathers, he could also raise the dead.
They were amazed but he told them he was not talking about his physical father
but the One above, whose name is Jesus. In our reading today, we can see
factors that guarantee us victory over our enemies. One factor is that ”The
Most. High has a secret place where He hides his own in the time of troub|e.1he
secret place of the Most High is not a building. It is a Name, His Name.
Proverbs 18:10 says:
“ The name of the. Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into
it, and is safe.”
The Name of Jesus is our secret place of safety because the Father has
ordained that at the Name of Jesus, every knee should bow (Philippians 2:10).
We also discover from today's Bible reading that there is someone who is called
"The Almighty”. He is so called because He is very strong; He can even do
the impossible (Luke 1:37). The reason He can do the impossible is because
power, real power, belongs to Him (Psalm 62:11).The question then is, ”how do I
get under the shadow of this Almighty God?” It is simple; all you need to do is
to make sure you are born-again. In other words, you must be born of God
through the appropriation of the work of atonement by Jesus Christ when you
confess and renounce your sinful ways. The Bible says that only those who are
born of God and live by faith in Him are victors (1 John 5:4-5).Victory is
yours in Jesus‘ Name.
Today’s prayer point as given by Pastor Adeoye is “Father, keep me from
evil And let Your mighty hand uphold me that I may not fall away from your
grace and mercy” Adeboye, 2014
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