OPEN HEAVEN DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
DON'T TRY TO OUTRUN GOD
MEMORISE: "A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that
maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent". Proverbs 28:20
READ: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11(KJV)
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose
under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a
time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a
time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time
to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones
together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to
cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a
time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of
peace.
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of
men to be exercised in it.
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath
set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God
maketh from the beginning to the end.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Joel 1-3
MESSAGE:
God makes everything beautiful in His time (Ecclesiastes 3:11).
The pursuit of the vanities of this world has robbed many people of far greater
and better blessings from God.
It is not bad to want to achieve something great or pursue a good
cause, but if you try to outrun God, you may never achieve that goal, and worse
still, you may pay for it with something very precious to you. God knows your
desires; in fact, it is likely that He is the one who put them there.
He knows the best times and the best ways for those desires to be
accomplished, so, don’t try to act smarter than the One who made your brain.
Years ago, I was duped by a man who promised to make me a commandant of a paramilitary group. This man had been sending messages to me through my secretary for a while, and so, one day, I gave him audience.
He explained to me how a Boy-Scouts-like group had evolved into
this new agency, and that he was sourcing for who would lead the group
spiritually. Normally, I ask God before getting involved in anything at all,
but this time, my love for the military in my younger days beclouded my best
instincts, and l agreed to be their head. He told me that they needed some
funding, which I gave as the prospective head.
However, I later found out that the man was a fake. My desire to
be part of a paramilitary group made me run ahead of God, but God had already
purposed for Redemption City to have its own corps of chaplains as well as a
local Police post.
He knew the desire of my heart, and He had planned for it to be
fulfilled in His own time. I thought that I could bring my desire to fulfilment
at my own time, but I was wrong.
What I lost in that experience was money, but for someone else, it
might have been their life or a loved one. The Bible makes it clear that God delights in our well-being and
prosperity (Psalms 35:27-3 John 1:2). Therefore, it is not wrong to desire
wealth. He will definitely make you prosper, but in His own time. Beloved,
follow God’s timing; don’t try to outrun Him.
KEY POINT
Don’t try to outrun God so that you will not lose far more than
what you set out to gain.
© 2024 Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by
Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of
God, one of the largest evangelical Churches in the world, and also the
President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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