Empower your feet - Open heavens devotional by Pastor E. A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 1 Cor 7-9
EMPOWERED FEET? Wednesday, August 25, 2010
MEMORIZE: “The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool” (Psalm 110:1) READ: Psalm 110:1-3 In Revelation 1:14, the eyes of Jesus that John saw were like flames of fire. Daniel had also seen this. In Daniel 10:6, He says, “His body also was like beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in color of polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude”. Here, Daniel was describing the messenger sent to him which apparently is the Lord Himself. Sometime on earth, those eyes were blue with love. He wept with them at the tomb of Lazarus. But at this time, they were fiery. This is the form His eyes would take when He comes as Judge. Now, He comes as the King of kings and Lord of Lords. When He returns to judge those who rejected God’s free offer of Salvation, they will see fire in His eyes. On that day, I will be by His side.  The color of God’s eyes determines the tone of His voice.  If God’s voice is harsh towards you, you can tell His eyes are fiery. If you do not even hear His voice again, it could be that His eyes are so full of fire that the best thing to do is to go into silent mode: the next thing that individual will hear is sudden judgment. If you cannot tell the color of God’s eyes towards you, determine it by the tone of His voice and take necessary steps immediately. Another thing the passage talks about is the Lord’s feet.  They appear like when brass is on fire. This describes the divine messenger.  Brass in Scripture signifies strength. Jesus’ feet are said to be polished (strong) brass.  This indicates that His feet are empowered to trample over His enemies. If you are truly located in your place of authority in Christ Jesus in the Heavenly places, the only place your enemies can be is under your feet. Why? So that you can trample them under your feet. But the truth is, like Jesus, your feet need to be empowered so that when you trample on serpents and scorpions, you will not be hurt. To do this, you must empower your feet as God’s messenger with evangelism.  Every soul you win for God’s Kingdom turns your feet to be as strong as the Lord’s so that you can easily have victory over yourenemies. How many souls have you won to the Lord since the year began? ACTION POINT: The influence you fail to use in enlarging God’s Kingdom will surely reduce the Kingdom.