Open Heavens 19December 2016: Monday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Good Fight of Faith
Open Heavens 19December 2016: Monday
daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Good Fight of Faith
Topic: The Good Fight of Faith [Monday 19th, December 2016]
Memorise: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: – 2 Timothy 4:7
Read: 1 Timothy 6:11-14 (KJV)
11 But thou, O man of God, flee these
things; and follow after righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold
on eternal life, whereunto thou art also
called, and hast professed a good
profession before many witnesses.
13 I give thee charge in the sight of God,
who quickeneth all things, and before
Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate
witnessed a good confession;
14 That thou keep this commandment
without spot, unrebukeable, until the
appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Bible in One Year: Leviticus 13, Psalms
123-124
MESSAGE:
The basis for all spiritual warfare can be
explained as the opposition or hostility
between light and darkness. Darkness is
associated with blindness, emptiness,
uncertainty, inactivity, stagnancy,
ignorance, failure, wickedness, fear and
evil. Darkness was the dominant authority
over the universe in the beginning, and
this was evidently the status quo at the
time of creation in Genesis 1:1. Then God
said let there be light and there was light.
Light is a very powerful force. When there
is light, darkness has no choice than to
disappear. John 1:5 says,
“And the light shineth in darkness; and
the darkness comprehended it not.”
However, the truth is, not all light can
outshine darkness. For instance, Genesis
1 talks of categories of light.
“And God made two great lights; the
greater light to rule the day, and the
lesser light to rule the night: he made the
stars also.” - Genesis 1:16
There are lights of the sun, moon and
stars. Then there are man-made lights of
varying sizes. If you put on tiny torch in
the midst of total darkness, you will only
see the spot that the torch is pointing at.
Everywhere else will be surrounded by
darkness. The size of a light determines
the area it will dominate or rule over. The
sun rules over the day because it is far
brighter than the moon. If the moon were
to replace the sun during the day, there
will be darkness during the day. Similarly,
if you bring sun to replace the moon
during the night time, the night will turn
into day. This tells us that what
determines the result of a situation is the
amount of light it is exposed to. This
means that exposing varying degrees of
light on the same situation will give you
different results. The volume of the light
of God’s Word that you are exposed to
will determine the degree of the change
you will experience.
The intensity and size of God’s light in
you will determine the sphere of
domination. Although, God has
commanded you to dominate everything,
the actual scope of your dominance will
be determined by the amount of God’s
Word that is in you. The Word is the light
of the world. If you lack the Word, you
lack the light that gives definition to your
ability to dominate. As you increase your
Word content, you enlarge your coast.
Staying away from the Word
automatically reduces your glow and
ultimately your ability to control forces,
situations and circumstances. On the
other hand, the moment you stop
shinning as light, darkness will swallow
you up. If you want to be victorious over
forces of darkness, you should daily
expose yourself to the light from God’s
Word. The Word is the sword of the Spirit
and the chief weapon of our waryfare as
Christians.
Prayer Point: Father, please baptize me in
the pool of Your Word today in Jesus’
name.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional guide was
written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the
General Overseer of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God, one of the
largest evangelical church in the world
and also the President of Christ the
Redeemer's Ministries.
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