RCCG Open Heavens Daily Devotional 2014 BY Pastor E.A. Adeboye OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: SATURDAY 8 MARCH 2014 THEME: BELATED OFFERING? MEMORISE: And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me. Genesis 27:20 READ: Mark 16:1-6 1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. 2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it. 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. 4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee. 5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. 6 Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : JEREMIAH 36:1-38:6 and PSALM 55:16-23 MESSAGE When Isaac asked Esau his son to go and prepare a delicious meal of venison for him to eat so that he (Isaac) may bless him, Isaac’s wife Rebekah heard it and took advantage of the distance between their tents and the field where Esau the hunter would get the bush meat. She also took advantage of the short distance between her tent and the flock of her son – Jacob the shepherd boy, to quickly prepare a meal on Jacob’s behalf. This quick response to Isaac’s demand worked out for Rebekah and her son Jacob. If there is a lesson to be learnt from this intriguing story, it is that of promptness. Many of us are too slow when it comes to giving offerings to God or doing good deeds for our neighbours. At times, our so-called kind gestures are belated ones. The story was told of a rich man whose nephew went to him for financial help when his father was hospitalised. This rich man did not respond on time and by the time he made up his mind to help, the sick man
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