His breeding Ground- Open heavens devotional by Pastor E.A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Lev 20-23
HIS BREEDING GROUND Monday, March 08, 2010
MEMORIZE: “For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his” (Heb 4:10) READ: Matthew 3:13-17 Jesus is light. If you are truly a part of Him, if He is dead, you are equally dead and if He lives, you live with Him (Gal. 2:20). You can become a part of the light by being pregnant with Jesus Christ. What does this mean? In Genesis 1:1-3, the Holy Spirit brooded over the earth before it could move from its disorderly and chaotic state into one of order.  When the local hens lay eggs, they would bring them together and sit on them for days before the chicks would emerge. Like the hens, and like the time of creation, the Holy Spirit brooded over Mary and she conceived and finally delivered Jesus Christ (Luke 1:34-35). You cannot imagine what you are capable of conceiving this year.  You cannot imagine the ideas that could put  paid to poverty, sorrow and marginalization in your life which would be conceived when the Holy Spirit broods over you. If you make yourself God’s breeding ground, He would cause you to conceive things beyond your dreams. When the Lord emerged from the Jordan river after His water baptism in Matthew 3:13-17, the Holy Spirit sat upon Him in form of a dove. Things were no more the same with Him from that moment! He was launched into the realm of the supernatural! To become pregnant of Jesus, you can start by asking the Holy Spirit to overshadow you. But this is not enough. Being baptized by the Holy Spirit is important but not adequate. Baptism in the Holy Spirit is like being baptized in water - being dipped into the water and lifted and within minutes its all over.  But after the Holy Spirit baptism, when the Holy Spirit overshadows you, you just bask in His presence. You do not go away but remain long in His presence.  Many things the Lord wants to do in the lives of His children He finds difficult doing because they dash in and out of His presence so often that He cannot brood over them. Take some days or a week off  just to be in His presence. You are not in a hurry but just worshipping, praising and adoring Him. And ask Him to brood over you - to do whatever He wants with you. By the time you leave, your life cannot be the same. You can become His breeding ground! ACTION POINT: Father, make me and my family Your breeding ground.