YOU CAN EFFECT A CHANGE - Open heavens devotional by Pastor E. A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Ezek 8-11
YOU CAN EFFECT A CHANGE Sunday, October 03, 2010 (NB: SUPPORT THE WWW.10MILLIONEXERCISEBOOKS.COM PROJECT TODAY. A CHRISTIAN NON-PROFIT INITIATIVE TOWARDS ERADICATION OF ILLITERACY IN NIGERIA.)
MEMORIZE: “Jesus said unto Him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth” (Mark 9:23) READ: Exodus 4:24-26 To remain relevant in God’s Kingdom, and to obtain a positive change, you have to do something. To grow in the Lord, young Samuel ministered to God. What are you doing to obtain a positive change? Any change capable of moving you forward will not come except provoked. On the other hand, Eli’s sons paid dearly for their waywardness. According to 1 Samuel 2:22-34, it was not that Eli did not correct his children at all: he did but they were adamant. When you correct your children and they continue to follow the path of destruction, what do you do? Would you say, ‘I have done my best, I will try no further?’ Or would you continue to try something until you get your desired change in your children? You can go to God prayerfully seeking for direction on how to handle your children. Simply obey whatever He tells you to do, afterall, He owns them. Where you do not have any specific leading on the matter, you can prayerfully try discipline, denial of something that child loves; take up the child in heart-felt intercession and keep loving the child. Are you having an impossible child or children? The Lord will turn his heart around today! 1 Samuel 2:25 says the reason Eli’s children would not listen to him was because God wanted to kill them. In other words, they had annoyed God to a point of bringing God’s judgment upon themselves. Yet, their father could not turn away God’s wrath! He had pegged his ability to intercede on their behalf. On the other hand, Zipporah Moses’ wife found herself in a similar situation but she did something about it. According to Genesis 17:14, any male Israelite that was not circumcised was to die. When God came to enforce His covenant with Israel, he found Moses defaulting - one of his sons was not yet circumcised, so the Lord sought to kill him. We cannot tell why Moses delayed the boy’s circumcision until that moment.But his wife was sensitive to the Spirit and got to know why death was hanging over her son. Instead of crying and rolling on the floor, she took a sharp stone and circumcised him and averted death. If Zipporah can prevent God from killing her son, you too can prevent death. Death through disobedience is a negative change. You can do something about it. Is your husband failing in his duty like Moses? Woman arise and save your family! ACTION POINT: Are you in any negative situation? exhaust all possible avenues to reverse it and yet don’t give up! All things are possible to believers!