Open Heavens Devotional:
SAME STANDARD – Tuesday, August 7, 2012
By Pastor E.A.
Adeboye
Memorise: For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons
of Jacob are not consumed. Malachi 3:6
Read: Malachi 3:6-7
Immediately Elisha smote River Jordan, he asked for the God of
Elijah. Though his spiritual father and mentor was gone, he knew the God of his
father was still around.And he look the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and
smote the waters, and he said, where is the LORD God of Elijah? And when he
also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went
over. 2 Kings 2:14
There is a thin line between reverencing men of God and
idolatry. When your spiritual father dies, it is either you look for him
expecting him to come back from the grave to attend to your needs or you look
out for his God. If you look for him, you will fall into the error of idolatry
where many have fallen, but if you look for his God, then you are on the right
track. Who are you looking for: the dead or the living God? Why do you think
that after Moses died, God buried him on the mountain all by Himself? Nobody
knew his grave. Why? It was so that many Israelites will not start looking up
to a corpse as their God and forget the living God. Leaders must be very careful
never to point the flock to themselves but to Jesus their Owner.
When a bona fide man of God passes on, remember that the God
of that man remains. Our God is eternal, immortal and invisible (1 Timothy
1:17). Even when you cannot see Him, He is there. Elijah may be gone but God is
still there. Malachi 3:6 says He does not change with time or with the fleeting
customs of men. This is why l tell people that God is the most conservative
person in the universe. The dress (Light) He has been wearing since the beginning
of creation is still what He is wearing today. It is what is not good enough
that is constantly being changed, but if it is perfect, there is no need for a
change. God does not bend His rules to suit anyone. Once He has spoken, it is a
settled case. Many of us still believe that God needs to learn from modern man
so as to adjust His standards. For instance, some people think that stress,
traffic jams and modern challenges of urban cities are good enough reasons for
not meeting up with God’s expectations. Sorry to disappoint you, the word of
God is settled in Heaven and His foundation stands sure. Simply ask for grace
to comply.
PRAYER POINT: Ask God for grace to keep to His standards.
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