Open Heaven 8 October 2021 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – GOD HAS ALTERNATIVES 

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Open Heavens 2021
Date: 2021-10-08
Topic: GOD HAS ALTERNATIVES

Memory Verse: 1 Samuel 15:28 – And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, that is better than thou.
Bible Reading: Acts 1:15-26

Message: Many people do not know that God always has replacements for the people He appoints for one task or the other. Goo cannot be held to ransom on any issue or event. This is the reason He always provides alternatives.

When a child of God becomes swollen-headed and he or she begins to disobey Him in matters like soulwinning, tithing, offering, payment of first fruit and so on, such a fellow is on the way to being replaced. I pray that you will successfully complete all assignments God has given you. He will not have cause to replace you with another person, in Jesus’ name.

The betrayal of Jesus Christ by Judas Iscariot was predicted in psalm 41:9 which says:

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

Thus, before Judas Iscariot chose to be a betrayer, God had already seen it. Acts 1:16-26 says also that Matthias was chosen to replace Judas. May you never be replaced by God in Kingdom projects, in Jesus’ name.

Another lesson we can learn from this as children of God is that whenever a way seems blocked, God has more than a thousand alternative ways to replace it. Romans 8:28 says “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

Beloved, learning from the experience of King Saul and Judas Iscariot, we must be very careful about the way we lead our lives so that what happened to them may not happen to us. The Bible says “Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted” (1 Corinthians 10:6).

God has alternatives for any child of His who would not be law-abiding. Let us therefore be wary of doing what would make God replace us with someone else. There are many examples of people who lost their enviable positions and by Implication, their relevance in the society due to deliberate or careless mistakes.

Beware of divine replacement; serve the Lord diligently!

Hymn: Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus
Points: Father, please never allow me to do anything that will cause You to replace me, in Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year: 1 Kings 5, 1 Kings 6, 1 Kings 7, 1 Kings 8, 1 Kings 9

Title: Stand Up! Stand Up for Jesus.
Chorus: null.

  1. Stand up! stand up for Jesus, 

Ye soldiers of the Cross!
Lift high His royal banner;
It must not suffer loss.
From vict’ry unto vict’ry
His army shall He lead,
Till every foe is vanquished,
And Christ is Lord indeed.

  2. Stand up! stand up for Jesus, 

The trumpet call obey;
Forth to the mighty conllict,
In this His glorious day;
Ye that are men now serve Him
Against unnumbered foes;
Let courage rise with danger,
And strength to strength oppose.

  3. Stand up! stand up for Jesus!

Stand in His strength alone;
The arm of Ilesh will fail you,
Ye dare not trust your own:
Put on the gospel armour;
And watching unto prayer;
Where duty calls, or danger,
Be never wanting there.

  4. Stand up! stand up for Jesus!

The strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle,
The next the victor’s song;
To him that overcometh,
A crown of life shall be;
He with the King of glory
Shall reign eternally.

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.