OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: SATURDAY, MARCH 11TH 2017-WHEN HIS VOICE THUNDERS

Memorise: For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. Isaiah 30:3.
Read: Psalms 29:3-9
3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
Bible in one year: Genesis 46-47, Isaiah 57

AS REVEALED BY PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE IN TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL

1. But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!” Matthew 8:27
2. Are you currently in a state of perplexity? Does it seem as if the devil has vowed to sink the boat of your life? I have good news for you: he is only joking. Why? One reason why the boat of your life cannot sink is because all the elements, wind, storm and waves working against your boat were created by God, and they must hear His voice and obey Him.
3. The disciples could not believe their eyes when they saw the manifestation of this. Jesus spoke to the contrary wind and the waves of the sea and they obeyed him.
4. This season, everything working contrary to your boat and sail will hear the voice of the Master and beat a retreat in Jesus’ Name.
5. Everything God has created treats His voice with fear and awe.
6. According to today’s reading, this voice is so powerful and awesome that there is no one and nothing that can withstand it.
7. When the Lord speaks, thunder and lightning follow (Isaiah 30:30). When He speaks, the world beholds the true majesty of God. When He speaks, mighty cedar trees are split in pieces. When He speaks, the hottest of fires is cooled. When He speaks, the earth shakes and the wilderness quakes. When He speaks, hidden secrets are exposed and the impossible became possible.
8. What can resist God’s voice? Nothing in or out of this world can!
9. Today, the Lord will speak into your situation and every force or power actively working against you will take their flight. Yes, when He speaks, everything standing in His way will have to give way.
10. At a point in time, the Philistines gathered together to invade Israel like they had done in times past. Samuel cried to the Lord and the voice of the Lord sounded from heaven to roundly defeat them. They never invaded Israel again after this (1st Samuel 7:8-13).
11. As God speaks into your situation today, the speed at which your oppressors will disappear will be quite amazing.
12. Look around you today, what are those things that have refused to let you go forward? Call on the Lord to speak into your situation now and there shall be change.
13. The Lord will speak into your life, family, work place, finances and academics today, and all your enemies shall scatter.

SHORT REFLECTION BY THE LIGHT POINTERS

Hallelujah! The voice of the Lord is thunderous and it wraths miracles. Everything about God symbolises His greatness. Powerful question and answer in the second paragraph of today’s devotional. It goes thus: “what can resist God’s voice?” Nothing in or out of this world can! God be praised forever more! It’s my prayer that the Lord will speak into every situation of our lives and turn it around for good for all to see that they may glorify our Father in heaven in Jesus name. God bless Pastor E.A Adeboye for blessing us with the word of God daily. His strength is renewed in Jesus name.

Prayer Point
Father, Lazarus heard Your voice and he came out of the grave. Speak into my life and let every opposing circumstance be silenced now.
HYMN
1 Through the love of God our Saviour,
all will be well.
Free and changeless is his favour,
all, all is well.
Precious is the blood that healed us,
perfect is the grace that sealed us,
strong the hand stretched forth to shield us,
all must be well.
2 Though we pass through tribulation,
all will be well.
Ours is such a full salvation,
all, all is well.
Happy, still in God confiding,
fruitful, if in Christ abiding,
holy, through the Spirit’s guiding,
all must be well.
3 We expect a bright tomorrow,
all will be well.
Faith can sing through days of sorrow,
‘All, all is well.’
On our Father’s love relying,
Jesus every need supplying,
in our living, in our dying,
all must be well.

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