OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY.
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The Topic of Open Heavens for 13th August
2023 Is “When God Asks a Question”
MEMORISE: Job
38-42
Then
the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said; Who is this that darkeneth
counsel without words? Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of
thee, and answer thou me.
READ: 1 Kings 19:9-14
9 There
he went into a cave and spent the night.
And the
word of the Lord came
to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
10 He
replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God
Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your
altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one
left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”
11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the
presence of the Lord, for
the Lord is
about to pass by.”
Then a
great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the
rocks before the Lord, but
the Lord was
not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After
the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was
not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When
Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood
at the mouth of the cave.
Then a
voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
14 He
replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God
Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars,
and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and
now they are trying to kill me too.”
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OPEN
HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
In
our Bible reading for today, God asked Elijah the same question twice: “What
doest thou here, Elijah?” God is not talkative; if He asks the same question
twice, there must be a reason behind it. Usually, when God asks you a question,
it is a test.
In
John 6:5-7, when Jesus saw the crowd, He turned and asked one of the disciples
where they would find food to feed the people. The Bible added that the
question was to test him, for He already knew what He would do.
The
teacher knows the answer; He only tests the student when He asks a question. In
Genesis 3:1-7, when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit and hid behind a tree,
God had already seen them. Yet He asked, “Adam,where art thou?”When Adam said
“We heard Your voice and were afraid because we were naked”. He asked further,
“Who told you that you’re naked?” He knew already, but still He asked to see
what they would say.
Unfortunately,
they were pushing the blame and so they got the punishment they deserved. In
Genesis 4:3-10, God asked Cain where Abel was. When Cain said he didn’t know,
God responded, “His blood is crying to me from where you killed and buried
him”. God knew where Abel was from the onset, yet He asked Cain where he was
and sadly, Cain never told the truth. When God asks you a question, especially
concerning a sin that you committed, fall on your face and beg for mercy.
That
question is a test to see if you are really repentant or not. If, on the other
hand, He asks you a question that is not pertaining to a sin you committed, my
advice is that you ask the Holy Spirit to help you answer. In our Bible reading
for today, God asked Elijah the same question twice and he gave the same answer
both times. I believe God asked the second time because He had hoped Elijah
would answer differently.
I
feel that if Elijah had not answered the questions with frustration, he
wouldn’t have been asked to anoint his replacement yet. In Ezekiel 37:3,
Ezekiel was wise. God asked Him, “Can these bones live?” He did not know how to
answer, so he responded, “You know, Lord”. God’s questions are tests; ask the
Holy Spirit to help you answer them when they come.
Bible in one year: Jeremiah
31-32
Hymn 4 Be
Glad In The Lord And Rejoice
