OPEN HEAVENS

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL...
DATE : Saturday 18 January 2014
THEME: BEWARE OF DEMON POSSESSION
Memorise:
Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the
number of the twelve.
Luke 22:3
Read: 1 Samuel 16:14
14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil
spirit from the LORD troubled him.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : PHILIPPIANS 1 - 4 and PSALM 18:43-50
Message
When the Spirit of God left King Saul, evil spirits came to trouble
him. When God discards someone, something will happen to the
fellow to make others learn a few lessons. It is far better never
to have been used by God than to become a former vessel unto
honour. When Eli was discarded in 1 Samuel 4:10-22: his two
sons died on the same day, He died too and his daughter-in-law
died during childbirth. If you read Matthew 10:1, you will
discover that Judas Iscariot once cast out demons. By the time
you get to Luke 22:3, he was being possessed by the devil
himself. This is why Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9:27 that he
keeps his body under, so that after his race, he would not
become a castaway. Once God discards you, the devil will take
over.
Right from the Garden of Eden, the devil has been seeking the
possession of humankind. The only method he devised and he
is still using today to actualise this objective is to cause a
separation between man and his Maker through the spirit of
disobedience. The Bible in Genesis 3:4-5 says:
“And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes
shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and
evil.”
King Saul was favoured by God in that when the children of
Israel demanded a human king in His place, God installed him
as the first human king of Israel. What was expected of King
Saul was to be a good representative of the Divine among His
people by complete obedience to the One who made him king
over His inheritance. Unfortunately, King Saul began to
represent himself in the kingdom. He literally disobeyed
instructions God gave to him. Consequently, God took away
from him what actually made him different from any other man
in Israel – the Holy Spirit! As if this was not enough,
immediately the Spirit of the Lord left King Saul, demons took
possession of him. There is no vacuum in nature. It is either you
are under the influence of the Holy Spirit or you are under the
influence of demons (Ephesians 2:2). My prayer for someone
using this devotional is that the Spirit of the Lord shall not
depart from you in Jesus’ Name. If you are not yet born-again,
you are walking on dangerous grounds because if you are not
for God, you are for the devil (1 John 3:6-9). You have to take a
stand. If you are a backslider, I advise you to quickly run back
to God. If you are already born-again, ask God to fill you to
overflow with the Holy Spirit.
Prayer Point:
In the Name of Jesus, I rebuke every spirit of disobedience at
work against my relationship with my Heavenly Father.
AUTHOR: Pst E. A ADEBOYE