RCCG Open Heavens Devotional Wednesday 7th August 2013
GET INTIMATE WITH GOD
By Pastor E. A. Adeboye
MEMORISE: How sweet as thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to
my mouth! Psalm 119 :
103
“While we look not
at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the
things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4 : 18
Worldly things
are temporary while heavenly things are eternal. In other words, earthly things
like wealth, material possessions, earthly achievements and goals, position and fame are
all for earth and therefore short lived. One day, they shall all cease. On the
other hand, spiritual things like things about God and His Kingdom, serving God
at whatever capacity, doing God's will and spiritual goals are heaven- bound
and have eternal consequences. The average believer is torn between focusing on
the physical and the spiritual. Where is your focus
today?
Your focus will
be determined by your level of spiritual maturity. The joy of growing old in
the Lord is that it opens your eye to seeing more of the unseen than what is
commonly seen. More intimacy with God gives you sharper spiritual vision and a
keeper spiritual audio ability. One of the ways God speaks is through the still
small voice according to 1 King 19 : 11
-13. To be able to hear Him by
this very low voice, you must completely down play noise and seek him in
absolute quietness. This may require you finding a very quite place for God and
you, and He will speak to you. When you deliberately draw closer to God, you
will hunger and pant after His word. You will go beyond reading to studying and
digesting God’s sweet Word (Psalm 119
:103).
Moreover, how can you prolong your days on earth? This
is a function of what you do and what you don’t do. Stop cheating on others! Deuteronomy 25 : 15 says
“But thou shalt
have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have:
that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee.”
If you are into
manufacturing, and make a product on whose packet you write 10 grams, let it
not be less than what you declared. It is your duty to ensure that whatever you
use for measurement is right. Do not employ false measure. Some traders would
beat in their measuring cans, tins and containers so that they can save
something for themselves every time they sell their goods. A true believer in
Christ cannot do this because he or she fears God. How
honest are you in your dealings?
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Psalm 103 – 105
PRAYER POINT: Father, as I grow older in Christ, help me move closer to you
and be more like you.
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