Open Heaven 16 November 2021 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye –Topic: EQUIPPED TO SERVE
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Open Heavens 2021
Date: 2021-11-16
Topic: EQUIPPED TO SERVE
Memory Verse: Exodus 35:5 – Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and sliver, and brass,
Bible Reading: Exodus 25:1-9
Message: God invested two major attributes in man, namely: creating him in His image and making him lord over the universe. God thus prepared man to occupy the position of a junior partner with Him, giving him the authority to name all creatures, as seen in Genesis 2:19:
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
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The Scripture above shows clearly that God had, from the beginning of time, charged man with the responsibility of overseeing His creation. I pray that from now, you will live according to God’s expectations of you, in Jesus’ name.
In today’s Bible reading, the Lord commanded Moses to take offerings from the children of Israel for the building of the Tabernacle. God is still making demands on us – His children by faith, for His projects. It is left to us to respond according to the ability God gives to us.
One other truth we must learn from the story of the children of Israel is that everything God demanded from them had already been provided for, by God Himself. When the children of Israel were leaving Egypt, they got so much treasure from the Egyptians that the Bible says the Israelites spoiled them. Exodus 12:35-36 says:
And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
Whatever blessing we have is primarily for Kingdom projects— including our intellectual, physical and spiritual capabilities. The Lord endowed Queen Esther with such irresistible beauty and wisdom that she was the choice of the king and later became the mouthpiece of her people -the Jews, for deliverance from the hatred of Haman.
Find out the areas in which God’s projects need your urgent attention; go ahead and meet those needs. God bless you as you do so, in Jesus’ name.
Hymn: Must I Go And Empty Handed
Points: Father, please help me to use everything you have given me to serve You diligently now and always, in the mighty name of Jesus
Bible in one year: Isaiah 62, Isaiah 63, Isaiah 64, Isaiah 65, Isaiah 66
Title: Must I Go and Empty Handed?.
Chorus: Must I go and empty handed?
Must I meet my Saviour so?
Not one soul with which to greet Him?
Must I empty handed go.
1. Must I go and empty handed?Thus my dear Redeemer meet?
Not one day of service give Him
Lay no trophy at His feet?
2. Not at death I shrink or falter For my Saviour saves me now
But to meet Him empty handed
Thought of that now clouds my brow
3. Oh, the years of sinning wasted Could I but recall them now
I would give them to my Saviour
To His will I’d gladly bow
4. O ye saints, arouse, be earnest Up and work while yet ’tis day
Ere the night of death o’er take thee
Strive for souls while still you may.
Strive for souls while still you may
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.