The theme for Open Heaven Daily Devotional September 22 2023 is Resist The Devil″
SCRIPTURE: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you“. James 4:7
In John 14:12, Jesus Christ said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”
In Mark 4:35-41, when a storm arose on the sea while Jesus was sleeping in the boat, the first thing He did was to rebuke the wind.
The passage above therefore means that you will do even greater rebuking of storms. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God, but He is also the Lion of Judah.
It is true that you should be as gentle as a dove, but not when dealing with a snake. He was gentle, but when He got into the temple and saw what should not be there,
He overturned tables and drove out the traders. That certainly wasn’t gentle! You also are the temple of the Most High God. When you see someone trying to hinder you from fulfilling your purpose,
you must not handle them gently; you must rebuke them. Isaiah 54:17 says it is your heritage for any tongue raised against you to be condemned.
In other words, it is your heritage to rebuke anything trying to hinder your destiny. You cannot be gentle with them; you must rebuke them so that they don’t destroy you. Many years ago,
a son of mine was living in a building where a witch doctor also lived. The man often complained that my son’s prayers were disturbing him so, I told him to cast the witch doctor out,
but he said, “No Daddy, we are both tenants in the same building; we can live with each other”. I said, “Okay”. The next time I saw my son, he looked very unhealthy.
He said the witch doctor got some of his customers, who were Police officers, to arrest him because his prayers were disturbing him.
The police locked him up for days, and the mosquitoes in the cell dealt with him. I then asked him, “Are you now ready to send that wicked fellow out?”
He agreed; we prayed and the man moved out of the house. Will you let the devil hinder your destiny?
Open Heaven For Today 22 September 2023: Prayer Point
Father, paralyse every agent of darkness that tries to hinder me from fulfilling my purpose now, in Jesus’ name.