OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.. SATURDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 2014

THEME : NOT A VICTIM.
MEMORISE : Be sober, be vigilant; because
your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1 PETER 5 : 8.
READ : 1 PETER 5 : 8 - 10.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh
about, seeking whom he may devour:

9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing
that the same afflictions are accomplished in
your brethren that are in the world.
10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us
unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after
that ye have suffered a while, make you
perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : JUDGES 8 : 29 - 9 : 57 &
JOB 41 : 5 - 17.
One lesson every believer must learn is that
the devil can never repent. Hence we are not
to joke with the devil. If you don’t want to be
devoured by the devil, you must resist him and
all that he represents steadfastly. As soon as
the devil knew that David had been anointed
as king, he decided to eliminate him. The devil
knows that God wants to do wondrous things
in your life. He knows that your tomorrow will
be alright, and he is unhappy about all these
great promises for your life.
“He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he
that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he
that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor
sleep.”
Psalm 121 : 3 - 4.
Do not underestimate the devil. He is no doubt
a liar, and he is very stubborn. However, the
good news is that we have a God who can
deal with him effectively. If God is on your
side, and you are on His side, there is nothing
the enemy can do. Every effort the devil makes
to put you to shame will always turn out for
your good as long as He is on your side. The
devil cannot mess around with you and get
away with it except the hedge has been
broken. This is why every child of God must
protect his or her relationship with God. The
devil will always want to make you a victim,
but God will always ensure you remain a victor
because you are operating on a higher
covenant.
Sometime ago, a lady received the shock of
her life in London. A man proposed to marry
her, and all necessary arrangements were
made for their wedding. However, on the day
of the wedding, gaily dressed, the lady went to
the registry to wait for her fiancé who never
showed up. What shame, shock and sorrow
she got! She passed through deep emotional
distress because of the disgrace she faced.
After a while, this lady got through the period
of pain and later married a man who became a
military governor of a state in Nigeria. The
man who dumped her became an aide-de-
camp (ADC) to her husband. So, anytime she
wanted to travel, the man who jilted her was
always at her back to open the door for her to
come in and go out. If God can do this in the
life of someone, you can be sure He is no
respecter of persons. Everyone the devil has
caused to suffer one form of disappointment or
the other will receive divine visitation in Jesus’
Name. Whatever injury, crises or turbulence
you might have gone through, the arm of the
Almighty God will be revealed in your life to
cause a change in your situation and turn it to
a great testimony.
PRAYER POINT :
Father, by your power, let everything working
against me begin to work for my good.
AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE.

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