HURT FREE- Open heavens devotional by Pastor E.A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Matt. 13-17
HURT FREE? Friday, February 26, 2010
MEMORIZE: “They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea” (Isa. 11:9) READ: Isaiah 11:6-9 When you let sin dominate you, it will reduce you from the level of man to that of an animal. At the beginning, we were meant to eat fruits but sin made us to be eating the same food with animals - vegetables. In the story of the prodigal son, because of sin - wanting to live independently of his father, he who wined and dined as a prince was reduced to desiring to feed from the food of pigs which nobody was even prepared to give him (Luke 15:14-16). If you find yourself in a situation where you are feeding at the level of an animal, ask God to deliver you fast. According to today’s reading, there are other beautiful changes to be noticed in the Messianic Age. The enmity between man and beast will cease. Similarly, the enmity between beast and beast will also go. Before the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, all animals were friends of man and of one another. They lived in such peaceful and serene environment that they were like one big family. But after the fall and the curse that followed, man-beast and beast-beast relationships were no longer the same. Man who was supposed to eat fruits - particularly the tree of life now had to have a change of diet. He was now required to eat animals and vegetable. No single animal was killed before the fall, but after the fall, God had to kill an animal to cloth man. From that time animals are killed for just any reason - including fun. Sin changes diet. Whenever sin comes in, the sinner’s diet must change. When sickness comes into the sinner, the fellow will switch from taking food to drugs. Similarly, the relationship between man and beast became sour. They became enemies as each sought opportunity to kill the other. But during the Millenial Reign, that enmity will cease. They shall no more hurt or destroy one another! Praise God! Do you know that you can enjoy such benefits today? Mark 16:18 and Luke 10:19 says that you can be free from being hurt by physical and spiritual beasts. That is if the Prince of Peace is a permanent resident in you and you are committed to the ministry of peace in reconciling sinners to Him. Every power of hurt operating in your life is silenced now in Jesus’ Name. This season, you shall be hurt free. ACTION POINT: Father, from today, make me completely hurt free both to men and beasts. Also during this year’s Special Holy Ghost Service, Father let us witness the unprecedented move of Your Spirit with lots of miracles.