Saturday June 3
Bible Reading: Joel 2: 28 - 32
Topic: God's Great Promise To The Fathers
Prophet Joel ministered
when King Joash reigned (835 - 794 BC) and Judah was then in the grip of sin
and rebellion against God.
In the midst of it, God
promised and Joel prophesied restoration to Judah and indeed an outpouring of
the Holy Spirit that was going to be literally fulfilled several hundred years later.
This prophecy was
primarily for the Israelites then, it now applies to all believers.
Peter referred to the
prophecy on the Day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was poured out in no
small measure on the Apostles and others with them.
We live in the end times
when God's great promise to pour His Spirit has happened.
The problem is how many
today have availed themselves of this great promise of God? It has been
fulfilled to the full.
Old men have profound
dreams and young men have caught great and fresh visions. In our day, some old
men have continued to bear fruit in ripe old age as the Psalmist had prayed in
Psalm 92:14a.
Young men are you seeing
visions of the things God has placed before you? or is someone deceiving or
distracting you?
Be reminded that God
hasn't stopped waiting for you to turn over your lives to Him.
The Holy Spirit He
promised to pour upon all in our day starting from the day of Pentecost in
Jerusalem remains yours too. If only you will ask and believe, God to give you.
Prayer
Open my heart to believe
and trust you O God to give Your promised Holy Spirit to me in the name of
Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
Memory Verse Joel 2: 28
"And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will
pour out My Spirit upon ALL flesh; and your sons and daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions."
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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