OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL THURSDAY 15TH JUNE 2017
OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
THURSDAY 15TH JUNE 2017
THEME: ONE SOUND, TWO MESSAGES
MEMORISE :
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labor of the people;
Psalm 105:44
READ: 2 Kings 7:1-11
1
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord,
Tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a
shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
2
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and
said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing
be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt
not eat thereof.
3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
4
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city,
and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now
therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they
save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
5
And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians:
and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria,
behold, there was no man there.
6
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of
chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and
they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us
the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon
us.
7
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents,
and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for
their life.
8
And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went
into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and
gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into
another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
9
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of
good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light,
some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and
tell the king's household.
10
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told
them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was
no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied,
and the tents as they were.
11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Judges 1-2 & Jeremiah 49:14-27
MESSAGE
A
sound from Heaven is all you need to turn a very hopeless situation
into a glorious one. We have an example of this in today's Bible
reading. One lesson here is that whenever things deteriorate to their
worst level, know that a turning point is around the corner. Don't cry,
just worship God and thank Him in the midst of the difficulty, asking
Him to show you what to do to turn things around. Also, from this story,
we see that God can release one sound from Heaven and while His
children hear something positive, their enemies would hear something
else. Things were so bad in Samaria because there was no more food, to
the extent that some women began to eat their own children to survive.
Have things gone so bad for you that to afford a meal you would have to
sell some of your property? There is a user of this Devotional, because
things have gone so bad, you have virtually sold all your properties in
order to survive. The Lord is turning your situation around now. Within
the next 90 days, all the things you have sold shall be replaced with
better ones. When this comes to pass in your life, endeavor to testify
of it before the congregation of God's people.
It
was in the midst of hopelessness that a sound came from heaven through
Elisha, declaring that within 24 hours, abundance would replace lack.
Literarily speaking, it meant that within 24 hours, there would be so
much food that it would be almost free. Responding to that prophecy
which they didn't even hear, some four lepers decided to take their
chances by going to the camp of the besieging army to see if they would
pity them and give them some food. As they went, the noise from their
feet was taken up to Heaven, amplified and released into the camp of the
enemy. So what happened? While God's people heard that abundance would
swallow up their acute lack within 24 hours, the enemies heard the sound
of a very mighty army coming to surround them and wipe them out
completely. They fled immediately and left behind everything they had,
which became available to God's people almost free. This season, all
your enemies holding back your blessings shall hear a sound from Heaven
and leave you and everything that is yours alone! I speak abundance into
your life now in Jesus' Name! If there is any siege that has surrounded
your life for so long, hindering your progress, I command it to be
lifted now in Jesus' Name. Receive freedom to expand your coast from
today in Jesus' Mighty Name. lt is well with you!
PRAYER POINT:
Father, as You speak peace to me, speak trouble and war to my enemies.
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
HYMN 4:
THROUGH THE LOVE OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR
1. Through the love of God, our Saviour,
All will be well;
Free and changeless is His favour,
All will be well;
Precious is the blood that healed us,
Perfect is the grace that sealed us,
Strong the hand stretched out to shield us,
All will be well.
2. Though we pass through tribulation,
All will be well;
Ours is such a full salvation,
All will be well.
Happy when in God confiding,
Fruitful if in Christ abiding,
Holy through the Spirit's guiding,
All will be well.
3. We expect a bright tomorrow;
All will be well;
Faith can sing through days of sorrow,
All will be well;
On our Father's love relying,
Jesus every need supplying
In our living, in our dying,
All will be well.
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