Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Memorise: And they also, if they abide not still in
unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. Roman
11:23
Read: Romans 11:15-24
All the fantastic promises God made to the nation of Israel
were transferred to the new Israel of God birthed by the Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 2:28-29 reveals that a displacement of natural Jews has occurred in the
spirit; hence we the spiritual Jews, right now have a central place in God’s
heart and occupy a major place in God’s agenda for the last days. From this
switch, we learn that nobody is indispensable and no nation or people are
indispensable. Whatever the Lord has assigned to you, for which the grace to do
it has being released, accept and handle it with all humility, thankfulness,
faithfulness, and dedication because if otherwise handled, you can be replaced.
God has no plan to replace anyone who is faithfully occupying a position given
him or her; rather he wants to add more responsibility to the fellow. You shall
not be replaced in Jesus name. If you are doing something in a wrong way and
you are being corrected, but you think you know better, and so you refuse to
change course, you are calling for the hammer. When it falls, blame nobody but
yourself.
Another lesson here is that God is never moved by outward
appearance or empty promises but by action and performance. If you want to move
God, perform. Put an end to empty promises or boasts! He is also not moved by
outward shows but by the content of the heart. If you are a spiritual Jew- a
Jew by reason of your new birth experience in Christ Jesus, you qualify to
claim all the promises God made to Abraham. So what happens to the nation of
Israel? To be relevant, they have to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and become a
part of His Body- the Church. Such people will be spiritual Jews as well as
Jews in the flesh. However, Paul by the Spirit warns spiritual Jews not to show
pride or any form of boasting because the same God who broke off the natural
branches (nation of Israel) and grafted us into the olive tree, is able to
brake us off too. What will determine whether you will remain or not are your
works of faith, obedience, service and humility. Eventually, after the rapture
of the church, God will resume His plan for the nation of Israel. Maximize your
spiritual nationality while you have the opportunity.
ACTION POINT:
List out 20 covenant blessings of a spiritual Jew. How many
of these have you benefited from? Ask God to manifest the pending promises in
your life.
Bible in One year: Proverbs 29-31
Heavenly father, forgive me for past malhandling of the grace and position U̶̲̥̅̊ gave me. Give me the enabling grace to handle the new position and resposibilities that follows.father manifest all pending promises in my life and the wisdom to maximise my spiritual nationality while i am oppotuned to IJN....
ReplyDeleteLord Jesus 10k u 4 ur word 2day n 10k u again 4 Pastor .E. Adeboye. I pray dat U'l help me 2 maximize my spiritual nationality while I stil hv d opportunity. Hold me so dat any position I find myself doesnt get 2 my head n Jesus Name. Amen
ReplyDeleteHeavenly father, I thank you for the opportunity given to me to amend my ways thank you for the grace to handle every responsibilities given to me and I pray o lord the by your mercy you release my pending blessing in Jesus Mighty Name amen
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