Pastor E.A Adeboye, The General Overseer (RCCG)
Memorise:
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever
and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Hebrews 1:8
Read: Esther 5:1-3
1 Now it came to pass
on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner
court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon
his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
2 And it was so, when
the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour
in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in
his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
3 Then said the king
unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be
even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
Message
The dawning of your day of favour causes God to beckon to
you. God beckons to you to bring you close to His power. In whatever way the
Lord is beckoning to you, may you not be insensitive or blind to it in Jesus'
Name! The sceptre that the king stretched towards Esther in today's Bible
reading is a symbol of power. When Esther went near the king, she touched the
sceptre. When you touch the sceptre of the King of kings, not only will your
history be rewritten, the history of your entire race will begin to change at
the same time. According to Esther 4:11, anyone who went before King Ahasuerus
uninvited would be executed instantly, regardless of who they were, except he
lifted his sceptre towards them. By lifting the sceptre towards Esther, the
king changed death to life for her.
During a Holy Ghost Service held in the first auditorium at
the Redemption Camp, the Lord said that there was someone in attendance whom
the enemies had planned to kill, but because the fellow had come to the
programme that night, death had been cancelled. Everybody said "Amen"
without knowing who God was specifically referring to. In the congregation that
night was a particular woman to whom some people were heavily indebted. When
these debtors felt they could not pay, they decided to kidnap and kill her so
that they could be free from their debt without repaying. After the programme,
they kidnapped her, bound and threw her into the boot of their car and began to
drive towards a forest in Badagry (a border town between Lagos and the Republic
of Benin), where they planned to kill her. On their way, they came across a
police checkpoint.
That was not supposed to be a problem, as they had already
packaged cash bribes to be offered to all the policemen they came across along
the way. But because God had already cancelled the plan of death for this
woman, when they offered the money to the policeman, he turned it down and said
he wanted to see what was in their boot. Then they increased the bribe offer,
but the policeman declined and insisted on seeing what was in their boot. When
they saw that their game was up, they fled. The police man opened the boot, saw
the woman and released her. Just as He did for this woman, today, the Lord is
stretching His sceptre of power towards you. Wherever the enemy had planned
something against you, the Lord will make a way of escape for you. Praise the
Lord!
Prayer Point:
Father, stretch Your sceptre of power to me; let it touch me
and thwart the plans of the enemy against the glorious destiny You have for me.
Bible in one year:
Numbers 3; 1 Corinthians 16
AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE
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