OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
LET THERE BE LIGHT 8
24TH JANUARY, 2022
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Exodus 22-25S
READ: Genesis 26:1-4
1.
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was
in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the
Philistines unto Gerar.
2. And the LORD appeared unto him, and
said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell
thee of;
3. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and
will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all
these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto
Abraham thy father;
4. And I will make thy seed to multiply as the
stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and
in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
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MEMORISE:
“ Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.." - Psalm 16:11
THE MESSAGE:
“Let
there be light” could mean “Lord, show me the good ground to sow
into” or “Lord, show me the business I should venture into”. It
could also mean “Lord, show me the solution to the problem(s) I am
faced with” as in the case of the bitter water discovered at Mara
in Exodus 15:22-26. In that story, many lessons could be learnt. One
is that the physical eyes are good and necessary, the spiritual eyes
are far better and more beneficial. At times the solution is right
there under our noses, but we may not know until the light of God
beams on such a solution. Though the tree that was a solution to the
bitterness in the water at Mara was there, they (both the leader and
the led) did not see or recognize it until the light of God shone
upon it.
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You may be a solution to your people, yet not be appreciated to the point of being considered able to help, until the light of God shines upon you. A country did not see the usefulness of a nationalist leader until he died, after which he was declared “The best president they never had”. None of David’s kin was ready to consider him as a possible candidate for the throne until the light of God shone and Samuel anointed him. In the same vein, you need the light of God to shine upon you before you can choose rightly where to invest your time and energy. To the glory of God, when the light of God shone upon Isaac, he remained in Gerar where he prospered so tremendously that even the king of the land envied him (Genesis 26:12-14). There are categories of soil to sow into, according to the parable of the sower (Matthew 13:3-9). There are soils that represent the wayside; some are good enough to produce in thirties, sixties and hundreds.
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We also need to consider the quality of the seed being sown.
Beloved, the light of God is required not only to identify the
correct soil, but also the right seed to sow. You cannot sow corn in
the sea; it would also be an exercise in futility for you to raise
fish fingerlings in the desert. One may say these are obvious, but
then, that is what many do when they dabble in businesses God has not
approved for them. May the light of God lead you from now, in Jesus’
name.
PRAYER POINT
Father, shine Your light upon my life, that I may know Your perfect will for me in every aspect of my life, in Jesus’ name.
DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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