Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Open Heavens 2012-5 December-SPECIAL SECRETS

Pst. E.A. Adeboye 5 December

SPECIAL SECRETS

Memorise: Ano1 he said unto them. It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. Acts 1:7

Read: Acts 1:4-7

Being a God of purpose and the greatest planner of the universe, God has a time table for each of His children. He alone knows our day of divine appointment hence we have no choice but to wait on Him, fully relying on His love, care, faithfulness and His unlimited power to do anything He has promised. No matter how close you are to God, there are still some secrets He will keep to His chest. For instance, as close as Jesus was to the Father, the Father did not disclose the exact day and time fixed for the second advent of Jesus. Why? The Lord loves us so much that He could have given us those details. Since He could not get that information from the Father, the best He could do was to relay to us the seasons-the signs that will precede His coming.

But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.   Mark 13:32

In the same vein, while the disciples were asking the Lord some pertinent questions, Jesus plainly told them:

.it is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. Acts 1:7

Here the Lord was saying that anything God has kept close to His chest should not be what they should be worrying about. Today, some believers are busy asking God through prayer and fasting for information that is strictly reserved for Him. There is no way they will ever hear from God except the Lord tells them to stop wasting their time and rather channel their efforts towards areas that can give results. One way to manage your time as a servant of God or a believer in Christ is to identify areas not to pray about because no matter how much you pray about such an area, you will never get any result You may be disappointed and think that God is unfaithful to you. No, He is not; you have simply failed to access the special secrets. If you are sensitive to the Spirit, He will not let you embark on such a fruitless mission. Consult the Holy Spirit daily.


PRAYER POINT
Like Daniel spent valuable time seeking for information not meant for his day in Daniel 2:4, pray that you do not waste your time

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