OPEN HEAVENS 2017
DESPERATE? – Monday 5th June 2017
Memorise: And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. Matthew 11:12
Read: Mark 2:1-5
1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
Bible in One Year: Joshua 3-5, Jeremiah 42:18-43:7 Hymm: sing Hymm 4
Message
While some people encounter God and ask Him for nothing, some others ask for crumbs while some few as big. Also, while some people are ready to wait until their desires are granted, somme others are desperate. Even though God has the ability to do all things, how fast your desires will be granted is often determined by your level of desperation. Desperate people do desperate things to get results, and so, the attitude of their prayer is usually different from that of those who can wait. In our Bible reading today, when four men brought their friend who was paralysed and bedridden down to Jesus, they did not like what they saw: all the doors and windows were blocked and big crowd surrounded the house. So what did they do? After studing th situation, these four friends observed that only the roof was free, and the idea stuck their minds. They wiggled their way to the roof, tore it open and lowered their friend into the place where Jesus was. The Lord Jesus Christ had to suspend everything else He was doing to attend to their friend. How desperate are you to receive your miracle? Desperate people break protocol! They refuse to wait where others would, and try out new measure that others may never think of. Desperate people refuse to be limited by what limits others, and they will do everything possible to get the result they desire.
When God sees desperate faith in action, He is most unlikely to turn down. In fact, God allows such. Hence, Matthew 11:12 says
“And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.”
If you are not desperate, you would be placed at the end of the line. If you are not a bit violent , you can end up in the middle of the queue, but if you are truly desperate, you will be moved to the front, irrespective of how long others have waited to get there. Desperate people are persistent. They draw up the attention of other people in their bid to get what they desire. Although desperate people can really be a “nuisance”, they do’t care about who they inconvenience as long as they get what they want. How desperate are you for divine intervention over your situation? Cry out to God today and let Him hear the desperation in your voice and see it in your actions, and He will surely answer you.
Key Point
A desperate fellow persistently tables just one request before God and cannot wait to receive a positive response on it.
Monday 5th June 2017, OPEN HEAVENS 2017 WRITTEN BY PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE
I would like to ask some questions based on today’s devotion
When in desperation one had done the unusual yet there is no response, what then could one do?
I one wonder the limitlessness of our respiration, however, I still ponder on the fact that our respiration could lead to some unpleasant situation. For example, someone who consistently Increase his or her length of fasting each time he trusts God for divine I ter mention can end up having ulser. This is an experience, please what do yo think? What do you advice?
Thank you sir.