Something to everyone: Open heavens devotional by pastor E.A Adeboye

12 Ways To Be A Blessing To Your ChurchDAY: Friday 15 January


TOPIC: SOMETHING TO EVERYONE

MEMORIZE: “But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour” (2 Tim. 2: 20)

READ: Daniel 4: 10-12

Today’s passage relays King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. Let us learn from it. It talks of a beautiful, big and fruitful tree which provided food for some, shade or cover for some and accommodation for others. This tree had something to offer every category of animals that came in contact with it. It was a very useful tree. Like this tree, you can be beautiful, fruitful and have something to offer for every class of the human race. You are capable of impacting men in several ways for God’s glory. If you are born again but you are not as useful to mankind as this tree, you are yet to exploit your God-given potentials. This tree affected the world: you too can affect the world for good!

“But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour” (2 Tim. 2: 20). God wants to use you as a vessel unto honour but whether He will do so or not depends on the type of vessel you have made yourself – whether of the highest or lowest quality. Golden cups are not used to fetch faeces, just as wooden plates are not used to serve food to important guests. What God will use you for and the extent of such usage will be determined by the quality of vessel you have made of yourself. If God canot use you to execute honourable plans, He will allow Satan to use you for dirty jobs. Only that while those who are used for honourable assignments are rewarded, those engaged in dirty jobs will be judged.

“For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more” (1 Cor. 9:19). You are the one to determine your sphere of influence. You are the one to choose the mould of vessel you will fit into. Apostle Paul resolved to be like that tree and affect virtually everyone he comes in contact with. Some believers cannot preach to their subordinates while some cannot preach to their superiors, This limits your value. Some believers are a blessing spiritually but are incapable of blessing others financially, intellectually or materially. That limits your value. What is that thing restricting your ability to impact others? Immediately take steps to release yourself. If it means doing a post-graduate course, entering into a new profession, changing your spending pattern, working on your relationship with neighbours etc, do it. Like that tree, you can offer something to everyone.

ACTION POINT: The more relevant you are to God and men, the easier it is for your Heavenly Advocate to win all cases brought against you by the Satanic kingdom.