MISDIRECTED REQUESTS – Saturday July 22nd 2017
Memorise: Ye ask, and receive not, because
ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. James 4:3
Read: Genesis 30:1-2 (KJV)
30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel:
and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the
womb?
Bible in one year: 2nd Samuel
19-20, Ezekiel 13:8-19, Hymn: Sing hymn 2
MESSAGE:
In Matthew 6:9-13,
the Lord taught His disciples the right way to pray. Open Heavens 21 July 2017. Prayer is an outcry for
assistance. It summons your ally to join forces with you in your fight against
your foes in order to be victorious. Usually, when an individual encounters a
problem too big to handle, he will call for the help of others. Open Heavens 22
July 2017. In the midst of a famine, when Elijah went to ask for water and food
from the widow of Zarephath, he was simply praying (1st King 17:8-16).
Also, when this widow’s son died and she cried to the man of God to restore him
back to life, that was a prayer (1st Kings 17:17-23). Furthermore,
when Rachel asked Jacob to give her children, she was praying (Genesis 30:1).
In 2nd
Kings 6:25-29, we see a woman praying to the king for help in
enforcing her agreement to feed on another woman’s son after her own son had
been devoured. From all these cases, it can be established that prayer can be
made to individuals, kings, men of God and ultimately, to God Himself. People
also pray to the devil and his agents, when they go to them for help. There are
some believers who go to their villages to cry to their unsaved parents for
help over a nagging issue. Such parents are compelled to consult their oracles
and apply charms in resolving these issues. When this occurs, that believer has
been brought into covenant with the idols consulted, thereby giving the demonic
spirits behind such idols the right to manipulate their lives. Open Heavens 22
July 2017: Saturday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Misdirected
Requests. Be very careful who you run to for help!
When Rachel
asked Jacob to give her children in Genesis 30:1, Jacob got angry. Rachel even
threatened to commit suicide if she did not have children. Her husband’s
response in Genesis
30:2b says it all:
“Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld
from thee the fruit of the womb?”
She was
directing her right request to the wrong quarters. What she was asking was
beyond his ability. Many times, we pray to the wrong person or send our desires
to those who cannot truly help us. The Bible in Psalm 60:11 says,
“Give us help from trouble: for vain is
the help of man.”
Are you
channeling your request to men instead of God? Stop doing so today! God is the
only one with all the resources to meet all your needs; therefore, it is wise
to direct your entire requests and cries to Him alone. As you do so, He will
hear you.
Prayer Point
Father, visit all the widows in my local
church; meet their needs and that of their children. Also, keep them pure and
ready for your coming.
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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