Open Heaven Daily Devotional For January 30, 2025 : Topic - God Provides

Open Heaven Daily Devotional For January 30, 2025 : Topic - God Provides

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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

AUTHOR:PASTOR ENOCH ADEJARE ADEBOYE

DATE : THURSDAY JANUARY 30 2025

TOPIC : GOD PROVIDES

MEMORISE:

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” - Psalm 23:1

READ: GENESIS 22:7-14

7. But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

8. And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.

9. Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.

10. And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

11. But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.”

12. And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

13. Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

14. And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided.” 

MESSAGE:

I became the General Overseer of RCCG about 45 years ago. At that time, the total income of the church was less than my monthly salary from the university I resigned from. The church had 39 other members of staff, and after paying them, there was usually nothing left for the General Overseer. As a human being, I turned to God and said, "Lord, I told You to leave me alone where I was lecturing, afterall, I was already pastoring. After collecting my salary, I always deduct money for food and fuel for my car, and the rest goes to Your work. Now, what I am getting from the government is no longer available, and this is the income of the church. What guarantee do I have that I will survive?" Then, God made me a promise, "Son, I have only one guarantee to give you; wherever you go, I will be with you." Truly, God hasn't failed me: in 45 years, I have neither borrowed nor begged. Indeed, God provides.

When you see someone who cannot testify to the fact that God provides, it is likely that you have found someone who is stingy, even to God. If you pay attention to my story in the first paragraph, you will see that even when I was a lecturer, almost all my money was given to God. Hence, whenever I am in need, He has never failed me. Luke 6:38 says that it is when you give that it shall be given unto you. The widow of Zarephath understood this, so when God, through Prophet Elijah, asked for her last meal, she gave it. In return, she had more than enough food to last her throughout the famine.

God has been so gracious to many people such that giving Him all their money is not enough to say 'thank you' to Him. Despite this, when He asks them for just a little of what they have, they would say 'no'. Apart from being stingy to God, a lot of them are also stingy to people around them, especially the less privileged. Proverbs 21:13 says:

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Beloved, if you want God to provide for you, don't be stingy to His work, men and women of God, those around you, or the poor. The liberal soul will surely be made fat Proverbs 11:25. 

ACTION POINT:

Cultivate the habit of giving to support God's work, His ministers, and those in need around you. 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: LEVITICUS 8-10

HYMN 16: TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS.

1. 'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,

Just to take Him at His Word;

Just to rest upon His promise;

Just to know, "Thus saith the Lord."

CHORUS:

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!

How I've proved Him o'er and o'er!

Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!

O for grace to trust Him more!

2. O how sweet to trust in Jesus,

Just to trust His cleansing blood;

Just in simple faith to plunge me

'Neath the healing cleansing flood!

3. Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Jesus,

Just from sin and self to cease;

Just from Jesus simply taking

Life and rest, and joy and peace.

4. I'm so glad I learn'd to trust Thee,

Precious Jesus, Saviour, Friend,

And I know that Thou art with me,

Wilt be with me to the end.