ACCESS DIVINE COUNSEL – Wednesday July 26th 2017
Memorise: sanctify them through thy truth:
thy word is truth. John 17:17
Read: John 17:15-17 (KJV)
17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out
of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not
of the world.
17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is
truth.
Bible in one year: 1st King 2,
Ezekiel 16:6-22, Hymn: Sing hymn 15
MESSAGE:
Access to divine
guidance is one yardstick you can use to determine whether you are a sheep in
the fold of Jesus Christ, the Great Shepherd. This is very central to our walk
with God, as it determines the status of our relationship with Christ. Amassing
years in the faith is not as important as increasing the frequency of receiving
divine guidance. This means that if you receive Jesus Christ as Lord and
saviour some 5, 10, 20 or more years ago, but still cannot easily be led by the
Spirit of God on various matters, you are hardly growing spiritually. Romans 8:14
says,
“For as many as are led by the Spirit of
God, they are the sons of God.”
A close walk
with the Holy Spirit is the bedrock for receiving divine guidance. In John 16:13,
Jesus clearly stated one major reason why the Holy Spirit was sent to the
world. Open Heavens 26 July 2017: Wednesday daily devotional by Pastor E. A.
Adeboye- Access Divine Counsel. The
Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth, and so it falls within the purview of His
duties to guide you along the path of truth. If you have a knotty issue that
cannot be unravelled, simply go to the Holy Spirit, and He will guide you
aright. He operates in the realm of truth and necessarily facts. Some people
equate facts with truth but that is not often the case. Just as lies are a
distortion of the facts, facts can sometimes be contrary to truth. Facts are
observations that have been subjected to interpretations based on current
knowledge, and because knowledge changes, facts can also change.
What then is
truth? The Lord Jesus Christ answers this question in John 17:17:
“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is
truth.”
The word of God
is truth. Also, the Godhead is an embodiment of truth. In fact, Jesus in John 14:6
declared:
…I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
Truth is based
on faith. If you will receive divine guidance, you must be prepared to walk in
God’s path of truth. The truth is ever constant. God wants His children to walk
with the truth and not necessarily by facts. Open Heavens 26 July 2017. When a
child of God is ill for example, the fact is that there are physical signs and
manifestations of the ailment on that individual, but the truth is that Jesus
has already paid the price of the healing of every child of God. For this
reason, the Bible says we walk by faith (truth) and not by sight (facts) (2nd
Corinthians 5:7). This means, you must be a person of faith. You
must live by the truth and not contradict God’s word by your lifestyle. Also,
you cannot be telling lies and expect the truth of God to be revealed to you.
Choose to live by truth today.
Key Point
A liar cannot receive a revelation of the
Truth until he or she is ready to dump falsehood.
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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