Open Heaven 14 January 2022 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye –Topic: LESSONS FROM ELISHA III 

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Open Heavens 2022
Date: 2022-01-14
Topic: LESSONS FROM ELISHA III

Memory Verse: 1 Timothy 6:6 – But godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Timothy 6:6
Bible Reading: 1 Timothy 6:1-6

Message: Today, we shall look at some more lessons we can draw from the life and times of Elisha. The first one is based on today’s verse, which says, “But godliness with contentment is great gain” (1 Timothy 6:6). Elisha was a cotented man of God. He understood true prosperity according to Proverbs 23:5 which says that worldly riches are temporary and fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Elisha had total consecration and was not given to materialism. This was attested to by his refusal to exchange his double anointing for the gift brought by Naaman after the latter was healed of leprosy (2 King 5:16,26). One striking virtue of Elisha that we must imbibe is his heart of sincere service. This was so obvious that it was well known in Israel. Little wonder that when King Jehoshaphat was looking for a genuine prophet to consult, one of his servants testified of Elisha thus:

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may enquire of the Lord by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elisha. 2 Kings 3:11

Also Read: Open Heaven 13 January 2022  –Topic: LESSONS FROM ELISHA II 

Elisha was forward-looking. He didn’t allow the present to blur the view of his future. He left a lucrative farming business to become a famous national prophet. Many are so short-sighted, like Esau who sold his birthright for a plate of pottage (Genesis 25:29-35). The cumulative virtues of Elisha made him become a man of a double-portion anointing. He performed miracles – double of what his master Elijah performed. For example, he raised two dead people whereas his master raised one. May the Lord make us disciples of a double-portion anointing, so that we may do greater works than Christ did, in Jesus’ name (John 14:12).
Hymn: My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less
Points: Father, please give me a heart of genuine service and fill me with the Holy Spirit so I can do exploits for You, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Bible in one year: Genesis 41, Genesis 42

Title: My Hope is Built on Nothing Less.
Chorus: On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand..

  1. My hope is built on nothing less

Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus name.

  2. When darkness seems to veil His face,

I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

  3. His oath, His covenant, and blood,

Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.

  4. When He shall come with trumpet sound,

Oh, may I then in Him be found;
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.

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.