Sunday, 20th February, 2022
Bible Reading: Genesis 22: 1-19
Memory Verse: I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians2:20 (KJV)
Every correct child of God should desire more of God. Deeper waters in the Holy Ghost is a place of 100% yieldedness to God’s will (not your own will). Many Christians are quite yielded to God but not 100% yielded. God demanded of Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac unto Him. Don’t forget he was the only son of Sarah after 25 years of waiting. He couldn’t even tell Sarah. How could he? He woke up one early morning and off he went to Mount Moriah. What a tough decision, but he completely obeyed. He was completely yielded to the Lord’s will. The true test of our love for God is seen in our attitude towards specific instructions which are painful to our flesh. God can only bless you to the extent He has you. Deeper realms are realms of deep intimacy that is higher than normal. Dear brethren, the higher you go in the Lord, the deeper you must be ready to sacrifice. You must be completely yielded. All of Him and none of you. You must be ready to be totally obedient and lost in God. Life in the Spirit will always clash with life in the flesh. These two cannot work together. Should your will and God’s will clash, God’s will must prevail. In Acts 16: 6-10, Apostle Paul had just been forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach in Asia. In a vision at night, a man said, “Come over into Macedonia, and help us”. And so it was. His journey took a new direction immediately. He was completely yielded. A good intention is never enough while working with the Lord. A good intention may not be God’s intention. What has God told you to do for many years now but you haven’t done? See the creature arguing with His Creator. You are waiting for the right time while you keep your destiny and the destinies of those connected to your obedience in a standstill. Your disobedience could cost you untold hardship and wasted years. Be prompt always in your obedience. Be completely yielded. Until you completely obey, you cannot partake of God’s immeasurable blessings.
Quote: A man who is completely yielded does anything God says, where He says, and how He says it, whether He likes it or not.
Prophetic Decree: May your heart and will be completely yielded to God and God alone in Jesus mighty name.
Prayer Focus
1. My Father, I am sorry for my persistent disobedience and partial yieldedness in Jesus name
2. I receive the breaking of my outer man, and the release of my Spirit, in Jesus name.
3. I receive more grace to be lost in Your will, O Lord, in Jesus mighty name.
4. I receive grace to release my all for you, in Jesus name.
5. Sing the hymn: “Take my life and let it be” on page 103.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Leviticus 22-23
HYMN: TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE CONSECRATED
1 Take my life and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to thee.
Take my moments and my days;
let them flow in endless praise,
let them flow in endless praise.
2 Take my hands and let them move
at the impulse of thy love.
Take my feet and let them be
swift and beautiful for thee,
swift and beautiful for thee.
3 Take my voice and let me sing
always, only, for my King.
Take my lips and let them be
filled with messages from thee,
filled with messages from thee.
4 Take my silver and my gold;
not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use
every power as thou shalt choose,
every power as thou shalt choose.
5 Take my will and make it thine;
it shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart it is thine own;
it shall be thy royal throne,
it shall be thy royal throne.
6 Take my love; my Lord, I pour
at thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself, and I will be
ever, only, all for thee,
ever, only, all for thee.