OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE : Friday 12 September 2014

THEME : HIS PRESENCE, OUR BLESSING
Memorise:
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all
the days of my life: and I will dwell in the
house of the LORD for ever.
Psalm 23:6
Read: 2 Samuel 6:6-11
6 And when they came to Nachon's
threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the
ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen
shook it.
7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled
against Uzzah; and God smote him there for
his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
8 And David was displeased, because the
LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he
called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this
day.

9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day,
and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come
to me?
10 So David would not remove the ark of the
LORD unto him into the city of David: but
David carried it aside into the house of
Obededom the Gittite.
11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the
house of Obededom the Gittite three months:
and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his
household.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : JOSHUA 16:1-19:16 and
JOB 37:1-20
Message
There are many blessings in the presence of
God. This is the key to drawing multitudes to
the Lord through His presence in your life.
When people notice that God is mightily
present in your life, they will seek Him through
you. It is not about making noise; it is about
the visible and verifiable workings of God.
Beginning from today, you will be a carrier of
His glory in Jesus’ Name.
The story in our Bible reading today shows us
two dimensions about what the presence of
God can do among His people. It can bring
judgment or blessings. Uzzah touched the Ark
with the motive of preventing it from falling off
the oxen, but the Lord struck him dead
instantly because he was not sanctified to do
so. Holiness is very important for
accommodating the presence of God in order
to attract His blessings. We must understand
that toying with sin in the congregation of
God’s people is asking for instant judgment
which no one can stand. When God is with
you, you will begin to get blessings you never
bargained for. You will begin to experience
supernatural promotion. As a slave, through
the presence of God in his life, Joseph became
an overseer. Everything in the empire of
Potiphar was put in his care. He took over the
house; it was he who decided what the master
would eat. The presence of God with him
ensured his promotion, even in a hostile
environment. Psalm 75:6-7 says,
“For promotion cometh neither from the east,
nor from the west, nor from the south. But God
is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth
up another.”
In Genesis 39:20-23, when Joseph was thrown
into prison, the jailer made him the overseer of
all other prisoners, because God was with him.
If God is with you, wherever you are, you will
succeed. Romans 8:31 reminds us that if God
is for us, who can be against us? This also
means that if God is against an individual, who
can be for him? If the presence of the Lord is
with you, let the whole world come against
you, they will fall down flat before you. You
will do mighty things, and people will want to
know your secret. The secret is that God is
with you. If God is with you, you may be
selling water and yet be better off than
someone working at the bank. The moment the
presence of God is with you, you will be able
to say like David in Psalm 23:4:
”Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art
with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort
me.”
Key Point:
The blessing that comes with God’s presence
is worth the price of consecration required to
attract and keep it.
AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE