WHY HUNGER? – Wednesday June 21st 2017
Memorise: My soul shall be satisfied as
with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: Psalm
63:5
Read: Proverbs 19:23-24 (KJV)
19:23 The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall
abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
19:24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom,
and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Bible in one year: Judges 12-14, Jeremiah
51:12-26, Hymn: Sing hymn 10
One of our
benefits as the sheep of the Great Shepherd is the assurance of provision. If
you are a sheep of Jesus, you will definitely be fed and hunger will be alien
to you. Psalm
37:3 says,
“Trust in the LORD, and do good; so
shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.”
If God has
promised that we shall be fed, why then are some of us hungry and even starving
today? Several factors are responsible for this, first of which is that some
people erroneously mistaken poverty for righteousness and wealth or sinfulness.
Some people have chosen to be poor so as to make Heaven. This is a fallacy! Do
you know that so many poor people on earth, after suffering here, end up in
Hell, whereas many believing Christians who were rich on earth continue to swim
in eternal riches in Heaven? Open Heavens 21 June 2017: Wednesday daily
devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Why Hunger? The choice is yours. Do not
choose what will destroy but what will deliver you. Abraham was rich on earth,
died and continued to live in God’s abundance in Heaven. What is your choice?
If you are still holding onto such negative beliefs or stereotypes, then you
need to have a change of mindset.
Also, some
believers are hungry today because they have violated God’s financial
principles. For instance, if you are not faithfully paying your tithe, you are
inviting devourers to drive you into hunger. If you fail to pay your first
fruits, you will be giving the enemy legal grounds to contest your job, open
doors or breakthrough, and this could lead to hunger. Similarly, when you eat
up the seeds you are meant to sow after every provision that comes to you, you
will lose the harvest that could keep you from starving tomorrow. Some
believers are in hunger as a result of reckless spending. They want to spend
everything they have in one day. If you eat up a month’s provision in one week,
you may have to spend the remaining weeks in hunger. In addition, some
believers do not really trust God but in the quality of their certificate,
wisdom, knowledge and skill. This attitude has resulted in God stepping aside
from their affairs in order to make them realise how little they can achieve by
their limited strength. Hence, such people have ended up in disappointment and
lack. Beyond this, others are in hunger because of laziness, as they have
refused to take up opportunities to gather wealth. Lack and poverty may also be
as a result of satanic manipulation and control. Are you hungry? Is it caused
by your actions or inactions? Arise and put things in order today and turn away
from hunger and lack!
Key Point
The Child of a billionaire cannot be
starving for what to eat. You are the child of the richest person in the
universe. You should not lack any good thing.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye,
the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the
largest evangelical Church in the world and also the President of Christ the
Redeemer's Ministries.
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