Open Heaven 11 August 2021 Monday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Topic: BEWARE OF REPLACEMENT!
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Open Heavens 2021
Date: 2021-08-11
Topic: BEWARE OF REPLACEMENT!
Memory Verse: Acts 1:20 – For it is written In the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
Bible Reading: Esther 1:10-19
Message: One truth that everyone should embrace is that God always has substitutes. More often than not the substitutes are always better than the recipients of the original mandate.
if it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and Merles, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. Esther 1:19
The above Scriptural passage was the genesis of the replacement of Queen Vashti in our Bible reading of today.
When a person feels too big to obey God’s instruction, he or she is not fit for the Lord’s use. Pride, stubbornness and rebellion are kinsmen in the family of the works of the flesh, with witchcraft as their first cousin (1 Samuel 15:22-23, Galatians 5:19-21).
There are a lot of lessons we can learn from the story of King Ahasuerus and Queen Vashti. One, Vashti should have known that she could only remain queen as long as she continued to please the king. Two, the portions of Scripture that declare the man as the head of the family are still valid to date. Three, the queen was supposed to be with the king on the throne as at the time he needed her.
A lesson to learn from King Ahasuerus on the other hand, is that advise on domestic or household matters should not be sought from official quarters, for example, colleagues. It was not proper for him to turn the incident of the queen’s refusal to an official matter by seeking the opinion of his ministers on how he could manage his domestic affairs. He got more than he bargained for: the recommendation of his ‘service chiefs’ made him lose a beautiful queen.
Beloved, the ultimate lesson in today’s reading is that God can replace anyone who allows pride to rule him or her. We should know that God can replace anyone who refuses to do His will, just as He replaced King Saul with David (1 Samuel 13:13-14). May we never be replaced, in Jesus’
name.
Points: Father, please help me to stop anything that could eventually make You replace me, in Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year: Joel 1, Joel 2, Joel 3
Hymn: Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
1 Pass me not, O gentle Savior,
Hear my humble cry,
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
Refrain:
Savior, Savior,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
2 Let me at a throne of mercy
Find a sweet relief;
Kneeling there in deep contrition,
Help my unbelief. [Refrain]
3 Trusting only in Thy merit,
Would I seek Thy face;
Heal my wounded, broken spirit,
Save me by Thy grace. [Refrain]
4 Thou the Spring of all my comfort,
More than life to me,
Whom have I on earth beside Thee?
Whom in heav’n but Thee? [Refrain]
Open Heavens 2021 Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC.