TIME TO SHOUT!- Open heavens devotional by Pastor E. A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Sam 22-24
TIME TO SHOUT! Saturday, May 22, 2010
MEMORIZE: “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed” (James 5:16)    READ: 2 Kings 4:1-8 God is a God of principles. However, He is not interested in magic.  He prefers to follow His laid down rules, regulations and principles in dealing with men. Anyone who abides by divine financial principles can experience miracles. God does not mind suspending His laid down laws just to pleasantly embarrass the fellow. It does not matter how heavily indebted you are. It also does not matter how long you have lived in abject poverty.  What matters is your resolve to adopt and stick with divine principles: that is the only way out of the doldrums. This season, I see things turning around in your favor in Jesus’ Name. There are great possibilities for sticklers of Kingdom financial principles. For instance, the poorest can become the richest, the outcast can become a celebrity. Your days of begging are over.  The wind of lack has forgotten your address.  A wind of change is blowing towards your direction. You are on your way into stardom.  You shall be celebrated. Like the widow in today’s reading, you shall gain prominence. Let us learn from how she got a turn around. First, she cried out desperately before her turn around came. Until a new born baby cries, it is not yet certain if it will survive. Until you are ready to add passion, desperation and vigor to your desire, you are not sure of a change. Blind Bartimeaus remained blind until he cried. Whatever is shutting your tongue is what is limiting you. Whatever is shutting your mouth is the reason you cannot be heard from Heaven. Until you get your breakthrough, don’t keep quiet.  It is time to shout. Anyone who is being lured into secret sin and keeps quiet will soon become a sinner again. If you see your prayer life dying, don’t keep quiet; shout for help! If the devourer is at work in your situation and has stolen something, shout! If you don’t shout, he will not stop until you lose everything. Shouting is a necessary platform for recovery.  Shout by praying vigorously against that negative event. Shout by seeking counseling on what next to do. Shout by adopting a joint action plan to stop the enemy on his tracks. Remember, you may not get help until you shout. ACTION POINT: The way to ‘shout’ in order to overcome a stubborn sin may be to expose it to someone close to you.