OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL THURSDAY, JANUARY 12TH 2017- HIDDEN SOURCE OF BLESSING

Memorise: Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. Psalm 40:15
Read: Psalm 40:14-17 (KJV)
14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Bible in one year: Matthew 24-25, Isaiah 9:13-10:4

1. When you are connected to the All-Sufficient God, you will not lack any good thing. Why? Bible scholars call Him Jehovah El Shaddai.
2. In other words, He is the “Breasted One”. A baby sucks from the mother’s breasts. Every time the child calls for milk, it is always there.
3. All of your needs can be fully satisfied in Christ.
4. “If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.” John 14:14 What He is actually saying in the original text, according to Bible scholars, is that if you ask anything from Him that He does not have, He will create it for you. How marvellous!
5. “This season, the All-Sufficient One will be more than sufficient for you! He will meet all of your needs and satisfy you right on time!
6. From the story of the widow in 1st Kings 17:8-16, besides the lesson of help coming just in time, and that of help being delivered every day, another lesson the Holy Spirit will have us pay close attention to is the lesson of the source of help being hidden from outsiders. This is absolutely wonderful!
7. When some evil-minded individuals know that you are doing well and blossoming, they will try all they can to discover the secret of your progress so that they can destroy it. Their purpose may be to erase any leverage or advantage you may have over them.
8. Some people have become victims of such evil minds. But when God hides the source of your blessing, your enemies will try in vain to stop you.
9. This was the experience of the widow. Because there was famine in the land, everyone, including this woman, was starving and losing weight. Then God intervened by sending His servant to her and he hid in her house. Suddenly, people saw that she was shining and gaining weight. Her son was looking radiant and everything dramatically improved for them, but nobody could tell how.
10. That will be your portion this season! The Lord will turn your situation around for good and hide the source of your change away from every enemy.

When God decides to bless or help someone, He can use anything, anyone and any means. Elijah fed by ravens in 1 Kings 17:4-6 was a hidden source of blessing. The raven consistently brought bread and meat to Elijah in the morning and night for a period of time before God told him to proceed to Zarephath where he met the widow God directed to supply him with food. In the same vein in Genesis 26 Isaac enjoyed hidden blessing from heaven in the land of Gerar and became so blessed that Abimelek was threatened by his wealth and asked that he leave Gerar. When one gets blessed in a miraculous way, people around gets marvelled. 2 Samuel 6:11 is another typical example of blessing from hidden source. Obed-Edom enjoyed blessing from hidden source as the ark of God stay in his house for 3 months. It’s my prayer that we will enjoy this hidden blessings too in Jesus’ name. In the days of hardship and little we will flourish and live in abundance in Jesus’ name. We are grateful to God for the daily bread we enjoy through this devotional and pray that our Father Pastor E.A Adeboye is strengthen even for greater works in the name of Jesus. Amen

Prayer Point
Father, shut the eyes of everyone that would contend with my blessing, so that they will not see it, in Jesus’ Name‎

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