Instant Touch- Open heavens devotional by Pastor E.A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Lev 1-4
INSTANT TOUCH Tuesday, March 02, 2010
MEMORIZE: “I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.  Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8) READ: 1 Kings 19:19-21 During the Holy Ghost service held at the National Stadium, Lagos, in January 1998, a man with a big goitre sat beside a sister.  With such a health challenge, that will be the first thing anyone who sees the fellow will notice on arrival. As I emerged from the prayer room, with the floodlight in my direction, I went to the podium not knowing who was where. While preaching, the Lord asked me to tell someone in that gathering that the goiter was gone. As soon as the sister heard that word of knowledge, she immediately turned to look at the man sitting next to her, and observed that the goitre had flown away like a bird.  She was so dazed by this miraculous event that after the program was over, she trekked from Surulere to Palmgrove before she recalled she had left her car in the parking lot at the stadium. The Lord is bringing a dramatic and instantaneous change into your life and circumstance this period.  Elisha - a farmer boy had a new life immediately Elijah laid his mantle on him (1 Kings 19:19-21). Although the pouring of the anointing oil did not go beyond a minute, yet he was no longer the same forever.  He had joined the league of the Lord’s anointed.  His life was instantly changed to the extent that he eventually took a place on the lineage of Jesus Christ. He became one whose dead bones could raise the dead (2 Kings 13: 20-21). It does not take God a life time to perform what He wants. If only you could yield to Him like David and Elisha, it won’t take Him long to make you what He wants you to be. On the other hand, when light comes, whatever result you get will be determined by which side you belong. You will receive good things if you are on God’s love side according to 1 John 4:8.  But if you fall on the side of the Consuming Fire like Gehazi in 2 Kings 5:20-23, you will receive judgment. There are some instant blessings God will want to release to you this year.  How prepared are you for them? If you are sluggish in obeying the commandment of the King of kings, instant blessings may elude you. To qualify, you may need to have a track record of hasty obedience to God’s Word.  Prompt worship, praise and service. Nothing deferred. You can be a candidate for instantaneous blessing today! ACTION POINT: Thank God for adding another year to Pastor E.A. Adeboye.  Ask God to honor his requests, anoint him afresh and make him more relevant to God’s eternal plan.