OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Wednesday
April 13th 2016
TOPIC: THE SOVEREIGN GOD
Memorize: I am the Lord, your
Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. Isaiah 43:21
Read: Daniel 5:20-21,
20 But when
his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from
his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
21 And he was
driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his
dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his
body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled
in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Bible in one year: 2nd Samuel
1-2, Proverbs 9:13-10:7
MESSAGE
After king Nebuchadnezzar was
deposed from his kingly throne, his glory was taken away from him and he was
disgraced to the point of eating grass like oxen, he came back to his senses to
realise that the Most High God is the ultimate ruler in the kingdom of men. The
problem with the king was that he got carried away with his achievements,
thinking that they were the by-products of his wisdom and physical power. This
is the problem with many people like him through the ages. Any achievement that
will not lead us back to the original Achiever could be very deadly. Jesus
Christ spoke of a rich farmer who was boasting of his achievements in
agriculture, only for his life to be taken away from him that same night.
“And I will say to my soul,
Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink,
and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be
required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?” Luke
12:19-20
Apostle James warned against
being boastful without giving consideration to the sovereignty of God in James
4:13-15
“Go to now, ye that say, Today
or tomorrow we will go into such a city. and continue there a year, and buy and
sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what
is your life? It is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth
away. For that ye ought to say, if the Lord will, we shall live, and do this,
or that.”
It is presumptuous for someone
who does not know whether he will survive the next day to commence planning a
programme that will take place in six months time. It is only the Almighty God
that has the power to will and to do. One can see the cause of the calamity
that befell kings Pharaoh and Herod.
In the case of King Herod, he
took not only the glory that belonged to God but God’s sovereignty. The
consequence was fatal because he was stricken by angel of the Lord and he was
eaten up by worms immediately.
“And upon a set day Herod,
arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a
man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God
the glory: and he was eaten eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.” Acts
12:21-23
May the sovereignty of God be
made positively manifest in our lives so that we can live in the supernatural
from now on in Jesus’ name.
Action Point
Always acknowledge the
sovereignty of God in all you do so that you may be guided aright.
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