HONOUR AND DESTINY - Open heavens devotional by Pastor E. A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Rom 9-11
HONOUR AND DESTINY Monday, July 12, 2010
MEMORIZE: “Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith,  I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now  the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that  honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed” (1 Sam. 2:30) READ: 1 Samuel 2:29-30 When you are privileged to see the end from the beginning, it empowers you to achieve in a significant way.  As I searched the Scriptures, I discovered that those whom God showed something concerning their goal or future victory but still failed to reach it were very few.  That you have this negligible few shows that it is possible to see the goal and not reach it. It is possible to be shown the goal in a match and never be able to score. The Lord will count you out of those with frustrated destinies in Jesus’ Name. Among those who saw the goal but could not reach it was Eli. 1 Samuel 2:30 says, “Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed”. God had planned to raise priests from Eli’s immediate and extended family.  God showed him a future of priestly succession that would have immortalized his name forever but at some point he began to misbehave. God warned him several times but he had grown deaf to God. Eventually, God changed the plan. Honor and destiny are linked. One thing we learn from this is that how you relate with God after He shows you His plan for your life will determine whether that plan will materialize or not. If you want God to fulfill His beautiful plan for your life, you must not dishonor God, despise Him or violate His Word.  It will rock your boat! If you fail to honor God with your substance or to give Him all the glory for every good thing you achieve in life, it will affect you. If you fail to take His Word and warnings seriously, you can never get to His planned destiny for your life. If you honor God, He will honor you. Another victim of this was Moses. At the mountain of God’s presence, he saw the promised land. He saw the end of his laborious journey.  He saw the fullness of His joy yet because he failed to honor God, He missed it. There is a spirit of seeing but not possessing. Every mission of such spirit in your life is terminated now in Jesus’ Name.  You will see and possess your possessions.  How many of the glorious future goals have you wasted? Stop this today!  Recover your future from God and pursue it with your life. ACTION POINT: Anyone who cannot honor the Almighty God cannot enter into His rest.  Do you honor Him?