OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL..
DATE : Wednesday 31 December 2014
THEME : IT PAYS TO LIVE HOLY II
Memorise:
For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of
fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst
of her.
Zechariah 2:5
Read: Job 1:8-10
1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou
considered my servant Job, that there is none like
him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man,
one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
1:9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said,
Doth Job fear God for nought?
1:10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and
about his house, and about all that he hath on
every side? thou hast blessed the work of his
hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : ACTS 27-28 and SONG OF
SOLOMON 8:8-14
Message
Everybody in this world wants to be secure.
Witchcraft is prospering because people feel
insecure and they are looking for security from
any available source. The unfortunate thing is
that, looking for security from the forces of
darkness is looking for security from the very
person who wants to destroy you. Those who are
living a holy life have the protection of the Lord
Almighty. This is because God has built a hedge
around them. In Job 1:9-10, the Bible tells us that
God had put a hedge around Job and his
household. God put a hedge around Job because
he served Him. Job got into the predicament that
befell him because God wanted to prove a point
to Satan. Around every holy child of God, there is
an unseen wall. Satan cannot pass through this
wall because it is made of fire. The Bible in
Zechariah 2:5 says,
“For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of
fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst
of her.”
Satan knows that he is going to end up in the
Lake of fire. He is therefore not very anxious to
taste this fire yet, so when he sees anybody who
is surrounded by this fire, he keeps his distance.
God has made so many promises to those that
are holy. Psalm 91 contains classical examples of
these promises. You cannot abide in the secret
place of the Most High without being holy.
Without being holy, God’s promises cannot be
yours. The fire of the Almighty God is so hot that
when it surrounds you, the fire of this world will
make way for you to pass. We have a good
example in Daniel 3:24-28, where Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego were put in the fiery
furnace. Their experience confirms what the
scripture says concerning the holy in Isaiah 43:2:
“When thou passest through the waters, I will be
with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not
overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire,
thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame
kindle upon thee.”
There is however one thing that can remove the
security covering from you. This is sin. Whenever
you sin, you create a barrier between you and
God. It is therefore dangerous to sin, not even for
once because you may not be able to recover
from the devastating effect of the ensuing satanic
attack in the course of your backsliding. I pray
that your fire will not go out in Jesus’ Name.
Prayer Point:
Father, whatever will take away your banner of
protection over my life, withhold me from such
from now on.
