OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL - WEDNESDAY - 16/10/2013 - WHAT GOES UP, COMES DOWN BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

WHAT GOES UP, COMES DOWN

MEMORY VERSE

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

Psalm 34:10

READ

Mark 5:22-24

Mark 5:22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,

Mark 5:23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

Mark 5:24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.

MESSAGE

Another lesson from 1 Kings 18:41-45 is that it is what goes up that comes down. In other words the rain could fall because something had earlier gone up. Psalm 67:5-7 says when praise goes up, blessing will come down. You can load your cloud through offering high praises to God. Also, when worship goes up, healing comes down. Check the Bible and you will notice that almost everyone who got a major healing from God started by worshipping Him. In Matthew 8:1-3, the leper first worshipped Jesus before he was healed. Also, before Jairus asked for help, he fell down before Jesus and worshipped Him (Mark 5:22-24). If you don't know how to give God quality worship, you will be robbing yourself of several benefits.

Similarly, when prayers go up, deliverance comes down. In Acts 12:5-11, after Peter was arrested, the church prayed without ceasing and deliverance came for Peter. In Matthew 15:21-28, a woman prayed and deliverance came for her daughter. If only you can pray, deliverance will come to your loved ones, your church and leaders. Such prayer is a demonstration of love and commitment to the one you are interceding for. In addition, to provoke a divine visitation, an uncommon offering should go up. An example here is Solomon who gave an uncommon sacrifice and God Himself came down (2 Chronicles 1:6-15). If you are a miser, you will surely miss visitors from Heaven. When the giving of first fruits increase goes up, unlimited returns come down (Proverbs 3:8-9). Also, when first fruits sacrifice goes up, irreversible blessings come down. An example here was when Abraham set out to sacrifice Isaac and God swore to bless and multiply him (Genesis 22:1-18). Isaiah 1:19 says when obedience goes up, the good of the land comes down. When you seek the Lord, Psalm 34:10 says abundance would come down. When you seek God's Kingdom, all your needs would be met. When repentance goes up, forgiveness will come down. What are you sending up?

KEY POINT

What you send up should be determined by what you want to come down.