OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL BY PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE DATE : MONDAY 17th AUGUST 2015 THEME : PROGRESS WITH SPEED

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL BY PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE : MONDAY 17th AUGUST 2015
THEME : PROGRESS WITH SPEED

Memorise
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken,
and we are escaped. Psalm 124:7

Read
Psalm 126:1-4
1 WHEN the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that
dream.
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said
they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the South.

Message
Promotion can come to you through either human or divine assistance. The
assisted state of progress attained through this promotion moves you to a level
where you are not supposed to be. The greatest promotion of all is that which
transforms a sinner into a saint. This is only made possible through divine
assistance. Because man could not attain this spiritual promotion by his own
efforts, God came in to help us. This season, the Lord will assist you and move
you to a level you are not qualified to occupy in Jesus’ Name.
Beyond assisted state of progress is the accelerated state of progress. This is
progress of the unusual kind. It defies time, expectations and protocol. Under the
influence of this state of progress, you could be at the bottom now and find
yourself at the very top moments later. David experienced this type of progress in
1st Samuel 16:11-13. He was just watching over his father’s sheep and goats in
the fields when a messenger came and told him he was urgently needed at home.

“What for?”, he asked. The messenger’s reply was “I don’t know, but we have a
visitor – a man, I think he is a prophet, and he asked for you to come right away.”
As soon as he got home, God told the prophet, “This is the fellow, anoint him
now.” Samuel asked David to kneel before his brethren and he anointed him. By
the time the boy got up, he was already a king. One moment he was a shepherd
boy, and at the next, he was a king. That is accelerated progress!
At the registry on the day of my wedding, we could not but notice what was happening around us. A particular girl was dressed up to be wedded, but she
waited endlessly for the bridegroom, not knowing he had absconded. She almost went berserk, but she eventually survived the disappointment. Not long after, she
was married to a soldier. Unknown to her, the man who jilted her also joined the
army. One day, there was a military coup, and the husband of this girl became, the
governor. Meanwhile, the boy who jilted her was assigned as a subordinate to her
husband, the governor. So, anytime this girl was to enter the car, her former husband-to-be had to open the door for her. This season, God will overlook time,
protocol and the arrangement of men in order ton accelerate your promotion! Your
progress shall receive divine speed in Jesus’ Name.

Prayer Point
Father, by divine speed, move me, my family and members of my local assembly to the very top in Jesus’ Name.