Open Heavens 29 August 2016: Monday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Great Invitation Topic: The Great Invitation [Monday 29, August 2016]
Open Heavens 29 August
2016: Monday daily
devotional by Pastor E. A.
Adeboye – The Great
Invitation
Topic: The Great Invitation [Monday 29,
August 2016]
Memorise: Come now, and let us reason
together, saith the LORD: though your
sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white
as snow; though they be red like crimson,
they shall be as wool. – Isaiah 1:18
Read: Matthew 11:28-30 (KJV)
Bible passage below
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of
me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and
ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is
light.
Bible in One Year: Jeremiah 3:6-5:13,
Psalms 44:9-15
MESSAGE:
There are numerous invitations we receive
during the course of our lifetime, but there
is an invitation that changes the life of a
person permanently and that invitation is
only found in Jesus. Sometimes, people
can invite you to great occasions where
you dine and wine with very important
people in the society but that does not put
an end to the trouble you are going
through as an individual. You dine with
them, but upon returning to your private
closet, you carry your problems again.
However, when you respond to the
invitation of Jesus, He solves all your
problems. This is why you cannot afford
to respond inappropriately to this
invitation. With this invitation, you come
as you are. Present yourself to Him the
way you are and let Him turn your life
around. This is why the invitation of Jesus
is the greatest of all invitations; it is also
unique because He has all the power and
the resources to turn any situation
around. No matter how blessed an
individual is, there is a limit to how many
people he can help. No matter how
buoyant your organisation is, there is no
CEO that can employ everyone in a
country. Jesus is the only employer who
can pay everyone that comes under His
government. There is no restriction, it is
open to all.
This invitation is to those who live under
the stress and turmoil of this world. He
wants to deliver them from all their
troubles. There are those who have
problems with their spiritual life. Jesus is
available to release grace and mercy in
the state of their spiritual poverty. There
are people living under the bondage of
emotions and religion, Jesus wants to set
them free and deliver them from all their
battles both within and without. There are
many people who are struggling on the
inside. When you see them, they appear
alright but they have troubles, fears,
worries, anxieties and depression. Jesus
is calling you to come to Him. He wants to
remove the yoke that the devil and his
agents have put on you. He wants to
uproot every plant that He has not planted
in your life. He wants to deliver you from
the burdens of this world that causes
frustration and depression. However, you
must submit to Him before He can be of
help to you.
It does not matter how far you have gone
into the world of sin, Jesus is calling you
to come. There is no sinner without a
future and there is no saint without a past
but in Jesus everything becomes new;
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a
new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become
new.” - 2 Corinthians 5:17
One finds peace and rest of mind by
understanding that his sins are forgiven
by the grace of God through the blood of
Jesus that was shed on the cross of
Calvary, because where there is no
shedding of blood there is no remission
for sins. You can cast all your worries
and anxiety on Jesus; it is part of your
redemption right because all those
troubles have been exchanged for peace
through His death. However, you must
know that the glory of God is His holiness.
His dwelling is in holiness. His way is
holy and the invitation to us is not an
invitation to lawlessness but an invitation
to holiness.
Key Point: There is no sin that is beyond
the redemption at cross.
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