Wednesday 15 January 2014

RCCG Open Heavens Daily Devotional, Thursday, 16th January, 2014: THE CHOSEN OF THE LORD By Pastor E. A. Adeboye

THE CHOSEN OF THE LORD

Memorize:
But ye are a chosen Generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: 1 Peter 2:9

Read: 
1 Samuel 16:12-1 3
Bible in one year:
Ephesians 1 :1-4:16,  Psalm 18:20-28

MESSAGE: 
When they brought in David from watching over his father's sheep in the wilderness, the first thing that God said to the man of God about him was that he was the chosen one. What kind of person will God choose? 1 Corinthians 1 :26-29 offers the answer to this question. God will choose the foolish. God will choose the weak. God will choose the people regarded as nothing. Why will God choose the foolish? It is because He will fill the foolish with His wisdom. If you believe you are already wise, He can no longer fill you with His wisdom, so He will not use you. This is probably why we find very few academics in the service of God. The ways of God don't conform to human sense. For example, God says if you want to be rich, you must give. God says if you want your home to overflow with blessings, you must pay all your tithes. This does not make human sense. For some people, 100% of their earnings is not enough, not to mention 90%. When I became born-again, I really argued about this question of tithe with God. I thank God that He took my wisdom from me and replaced it with His foolishness. This is why I am where I am today.

Why will God choose weak people? He will choose weak people so that He can fill them with His power. If you are already strong, how can God give you strength? The Bible says He gives power to the faint, and to those that have no might, he increases strength (Isaiah 40:29). If you say you are strong because you are young, a time will come when you will exhaust the energy in you. Nevertheless, they that wait upon the Lord will constantly have their strength renewed by God. Before I became born-again, I was a sportsman, but malaria fever knocked me down at least once a month. When I became born-again, I told God to heaI.me and I will serve Him. He healed me and I am now serving Him with more than ten times the ability I had back then. By the grace of God I am waxing stronger. Why will God choose those who are nothing, like David? God finds it difficult to use those who are already something. I like one of the inscriptions that I saw in one of the offices at the Redemption Camp in Nigeria which says: “God does not call the qualified; He qualifies the called”. God does not choose the qualified, the wise or the strong; He makes His chosen vessels wise and strong. You too can be God's chosen vessel. Allow Him to work on you and you will be a chosen vessel of honour in Jesus’ Name.

Prayer point:
Father, please work on weakness and foolishness. Make me strong and wise enough to be your chosen vessel in Jesus' Name.


13 comments:

  1. God bless u, He'll continue to use u 4 His glory IJN.

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    1. Amen. Thanks and God bless you for your encouragement. It is well with your soul in Jesus name

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    2. Molara Benjamin.
      God I thank you for gift of live I ask pls use me and baptize me with the holy spirit IJN.

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  2. God will make you a vessel on to honour in Jesus name.

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    1. Amen. Thanks and God bless you for your encouragement. It is well with your soul in Jesus name

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  3. You will be head, you will not be a tail IJN. Thank you for your efforts, by doing this, you bring grace and peace to a lot of people's life. Thanks.

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    1. Amen. Thanks and God bless you for your encouragement. It is well with your soul in Jesus name

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  4. May the good Lord work on your weakness and foolishness and make you a vessel unto honour in Jesus name.

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  5. Fatheeeeeerreeeeeeeeeeeeer make a vessel unto honour.

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  6. Thanks all for your encouragement. May the Almighty God make us His vessels unto honour in Jesus name.

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