OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE : Thursday 11 September 2014

THEME : ORGANISED NOISE
Memorise:
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and
our tongue with singing: then said they among
the heathen, The LORD hath done great things
for them.
Psalm 126:2
Read: Psalm 126:1-3
1 A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned
again the captivity of Zion, we were like them
that dream.
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and
our tongue with singing: then said they among
the heathen, The LORD hath done great things
for them.

3 The LORD hath done great things for us;
whereof we are glad.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : JOSHUA 13:8-15:63 and
JOB 36:17-33
Message
Human beings love to sing. We convey our
inner feelings to the outside world through
songs. If you pay close attention to the song
on a person’s lips, you will have an idea of
what is going on in their mind. A man that
sings: “We shall overcome some day”, may
have just lost a battle. The man who sings:
“Jehovah is your Name” is most likely fighting
a battle. Someone who sings: “Now that the
battle is over, I am more than a conqueror”,
has just won a battle. Music is nothing but
‘organised lyrics’. It can also be organised
noise. This is why God says, if you don’t know
how to sing very well, you can still make a
joyful noise (Psalm 98:4).
“And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of
the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he
saw him, he fell at his feet, And besought him
greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the
point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy
hands on her, that she may be healed; and
she shall live. And Jesus went with him; and
much people followed him, and thronged him.”
Mark 5:22-24
Jairus was by all standards a great man, but
he had a problem. The only daughter he had
was ill and was about to die. He ran to Jesus
Christ and implored Him greatly. He spent a lot
of time singing the song of the desperate, and
Jesus had to follow him home. To a reader of
this devotional: God will change your song of
sorrow to a song of triumph in Jesus’ Name.
Like everyone else, Jairus was afraid of the
shame that would follow if Jesus did not
intervene. He was afraid of loneliness. This
might be your own fear too. Jairus was
desperate because he was fighting a battle that
he dared not lose. Yet, he knew he was
fighting a battle he could not win.
What is that thing that the enemy has stolen
which you want back? It could be your health;
it could be your joy or your prosperity. You
will get it back in Jesus’ Name. The sorrowful
can be full of joy again. I believe the failures of
the past can be turned into success again. For
every family that has been destitute, the tide
will turn in your favour. In 2 Kings 4:1-7, we
have the story of a widow who was so poor
and so heavily in debt that creditors wanted to
trade her sons. God however stepped in, and
the family became rich. If you begin to walk in
the fear of the Lord, you will always have good
songs to sing.
Action Point
Spend quality time praising and worshipping
God.
AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE