Date: Monday, 4th December, 2023
Text: Genesis 18:17-18
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
Being engraved on His palms denotes intimacy with the Lord. You will enjoy so many benefits not available to others who are far from God. For example, his divine protection and provision are certain. You will have the privilege of hearing from the Lord regularly and being guided by him.
Psalm 25:14 says “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.” Also Amos 3:7 says, “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”
Nothing is hidden from you when you are intimate with the Lord. You will have eyes that see and ears that hear.
When God wanted to destroy neighbouring Sodom and Gomorrah, he confided in Abraham, his friend. Genesis 18:17-18 says, “And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?”
However, the closer you are to God the holier you must become. The more intimate you are to the Lord the more sensitive and obedient you must become. Your obedience must be prompt and complete. God will correct you when you err as a shepherd corrects a sheep that has gone astray.
In Psalm 23:4b, David said, ‘thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” Proverbs3:12 says, “For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.” His discipline may be painful but when you endure it, you will become a better child of the Most High.
Prayer Nugget: May the presence of God never depart from you in Jesus name.