Open heaven January 2021 Thursday January 14
YESTERDAY: Open heaven January 2021 Wednesday January 13
TOPIC: MCY: PAST GLORIES
Memorize: Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.
Philippians 3:13
Read: Philippians 3:11-16
11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Open heaven January 2021 Thursday January 14
We have been examining the “Mathematics of Christ in You” (MCY) since January 11 and the ‘PG’ in the equation for Resistance stands for Past Glories. Sometimes, people allow the beauty of the “good old days” to hinder Christ from working mightily through them today. Some are so stuck the past that they are unable to move on from there. As we see from today’s memory verse, the Lord expects us to keep moving forward. It doesn’t matter how glorious the past was, let it go! Luke 17:32 says
“Remember Lot’s wife”. It is a very brief sentence but one loaded with deep meanings. Lots wife looked back simply because she was undecided about her past. Christ cannot operate in the lives of many people today for the same reason: they keep on looking back.
Occasionally, some ‘believers’ see the advert of a beer brand and say “Hmm, thank God for salvation”. What does that mean? An urge to drink? When some believers are offended, they say “if not that I have given my life to Christ, I would have shown you that l am a tiger.” Oh, so you are having thoughts of fighting with the fellow? Are you really sure that your life has been given to Christ? If you keep looking at the past, you might end up going back.
In Luke 9:62, Jesus Christ said clearly:
No man, having put his hand to the plough,
And looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.
When you study the armor of God as listed in Ephesians 6:13-17, you will see that there is no protection for the back. This is simply because you must not look back. The moment you turn around, you have given the enemy a very clear chance to destroy you. True soldiers of Christ, those who God will dwell in and do exploits through do not look back. They forget the thing that are behind and press on for more. They spend time studying the word of God and live by it. They pray for Long hours and are committed to spreading the gospel they don’t go round boasting about what they achieve Yesterday, instead they are always talking about now much more they want to do for God.
Determine to do more for God from today.
Open heaven January 2021 Hymn 10: I’m Pressing On The Upward Way
Key Point. Forget the past, press Forward for more of God
Lesson
Today Open Heavens Daily Devotional (which is the 14th of January 2021) is here again and it is so loaded. Written by Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye who is the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, he taught about a very important subject which we must always keep at the back of our hearts. You should stop looking back in this journey of faith. You should just stop living in past glories if you want to keep soaring higher and higher in the Lord. You must get detached from stuff that are unnecessary and keep pressing forward towards the main mark. If you have read today Open Heavens Daily Devotional, then you should be empowered to be more committed to what God is set to do with you now. And you won’t allow stuff that happened in the past to hinder you from getting there. So, it is so important to keep opening ourselves to God and allow Him to manifest His Awesomeness in us. Thank you for reading today Open Heavens Daily Devotional. You can take to the comment section to express yourself and share your thoughts about today Open Heavens Daily Devotional that you have read, which has become a blessing to you.
OPEN HEAVEN TOMMOROW – Open heaven January 2021 day 11 to Day 31