The Open Heaven 3 December 2024 devotional for today: THE PURPOSE OF YOUR HANDS
This is a daily devotion written by Pastor E. A. Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
Open Heaven 3 December 2024 Today Devotional: THE PURPOSE OF YOUR HANDS
OPEN HEAVEN 3 DECEMBER 2024 TODAY DEVOTIONAL
TOPIC: THE PURPOSE OF YOUR HANDS
MEMORISE
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Revelation 4:11
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READ: Matthew 12:9-13
9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
RCCG OPEN HEAVEN 3 DECEMBER 2024 TODAY MESSAGE
The Most High God does not do anything without a purpose, so, everything He created has a purpose. In the same way, every part of your body was made for a purpose. Our memory verse for today tells us that we were created for His pleasure. God sent you into this world to give Him pleasure. In fact, every part of your body was created specifically to give pleasure to God. Today, I will start teaching on the reason God made every part of the human body, and I will begin with the hands.
Psalm 47:1 says:
O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
One of the main reasons your hands were created is to clap for God. In Mark 3:1-5, Jesus Christ healed the man with the withered hand, even though the leaders of the synagogue didn’t want Him to heal on the Sabbath day.
God did not create the hands to be withered; the hands are meant to clap for Him. This was why, even though the man with the withered hand did not ask Jesus for healing, it was very important to Jesus that the man’s hand be made whole.
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There are people whose hands do not look withered physically, however, when a fellow’s hands cannot achieve as much as they used to, they can be considered to be withered.
Also, when a fellow cannot spend as much as before, or when he or she cannot get certain things done as before, the fellow’s hands can be said to be withered. When a person’s hands are withered, he or she cannot be joyful, and when the person is not joyful, he or she will not be able to clap. I decree today, that if you have a withered hand, it will be restored, in Jesus’
If God has ensured that your hands do not become withered, then you will be ungrateful if you do not clap for Him in worship. If a fellow is ungrateful to God for His goodness and blessings, his or her hands are in danger of becoming withered. An ungrateful person is indirectly asking for his or her hands to be withered.
Beloved, I implore you to take a minute to think about all of the great and mighty things that God has done for you, and how great and powerful He is. Henceforth, always focus your thoughts on His goodness and clap for Him in thanksgiving and praise with all of your strength.
ACTION POINT
Think about God’s goodness daily and clap for Him with all your strength.
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