DO YOUR BIT- Open heavens devotional by Pastor E. A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Isa 25-27
DO YOUR BIT Monday, August 9, 2010
MEMORIZE: “For we are laborers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building” (1 Cor. 3:9) READ: John 6:5-7 Today’s reading is an interesting one.  People gathered to listen to the Lord and at a particular point, He asked Philip where they could get enough food for the crowd. God is not only interested in your spiritual well-being, but also in your physical wellbeing. Yet, you would note that the spiritual food preceded the physical food.  This is the divine order as the spiritual controls the physical. Anytime you focus on the things of the Spirit, Heaven focuses on your physical needs. Hence, Matthew 6:33 says your desires must be prioritized with God at the top of your list. God never asked you to worry about the earthly things. Just focus on issues of the Kingdom and you would compel God to supply your earthly needs. Similarly, when the Lord asked Philip where they could get sufficient food to feed the crowd, his mind first went to money.  Even today, when you ask people to do something for God, they will first think about money.  This should not be the case. First think of the All-Sufficient One.  There are things money can buy and others money cannot buy.  God can fix any of them. In addition, the Lord sought counsel from Philip. The Counselor asked counsel. Anytime God asks you to give Him something, it is only a test. He already knows how to fix that problem in your life because He is the All-Sufficient One.  It is only a privilege to be called of God for any ministerial assignment. In Exodus 14, the Lord gave the impression that Moses was the one doing something great. How? He asked the children of Israel to move forward while Moses stretched his hands over the Red sea to part it. He made Moses feel he was the one parting the sea but because Moses knew better, he gave all the glory to God in Exodus 15. God wants to work with you. While He does the impossible, He wants you to do the possible. There are just little things you can do that will make God to do the mighty things you cannot do. But if you fail to do your bit, He will not do His. Just learn to praise, worship and thank Him. Give Him credit for everything and watch Him do the impossible in your life and situation. ACTION POINT: Your little will provoke God’s much.  Don’t fail to do it!