Memorise: “And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant. David’s sake” (2 Kings 20:6)
Read: 2 Kings 20:5-6
Pastor E. Adeboye
God wants you under divine cover. Nobody decides who will be his or her parents before coming into this world. That is the exclusive prerogative of God.
In other matters, God can prevent you from being located in the wrong place. I was born an African. Through a problem I encountered, I developed a sincere hunger for God. First I went to the CAC but the Lord told me that that was not where He was taking me.
He kept pushing me until I got to the Redeemed Christian Church of God. My first day in this church, I knew this was where God wanted me to be. But when persecution came afterwards, I thought of leaving.
The Lord taught me a tough lesson. I almost lost my first born. When I finally agreed to stay, the boy became well. The Lord told me the day I leave the RCCG, I will lose my first born. The Lord will lead you by His Spirit to where He wants you to be.
“And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake” (2 Kings 20:6).
God was going to defend Judah for the sake of David. David was a cover not just over a few people, but over a city. A cover is some kind of umbrella. When the rain is falling and you come under an umbrella, it prevents you from getting wet. The degree of coverage however is dependent on the strength, size and texture of your umbrella.
There are some umbrellas that cannot withstand the wind. Some umbrellas have holes and therefore cannot provide adequate protection for those under them. Some umbrellas are too small to do anyone good. If your spiritual cover is living in secret sins, that cover is perforated. If your spiritual head has backslidden, those under him will be totally exposed. Some believers are attending churches with no covering.
This accounts for the barrage of evil befalling members, which could have been prevented if their umbrella was intact. As a pastor, what kind of cover are you providing for God’s flock? If you are indulging in sin, you are compromising the well being of your flock.
Repent today. If you will not live righteously because you choose to, then do it for the sake of the flock. You could walk so close to God that hundreds or thousands of years after your departure, you would remain a cover over your descendants like David.
Parents, what kind of cover are you providing for your children? Sin destroys spiritual covers.
Fornication is a leading cover perforator. If there are uncontrollable negative events in your family or church, it is possible your roof is leaking.
Dear Pastor
I’m so touched by this teaching. The Lord blessed me with my current job at this place,Outapi Town Council on July 1,2000 as a Private Secretary to the CEO. The first day I entered the place, I didn’t know anyone, but some of the people started to distance themselves from me without any apparent reason. During those past years, I have been facing with many percecutions that the devil wants me either to be dismissed, demoted (which is the current situation I found myself), some colleagues many times asked the witchdoctors to kill me, cast curses against me, until my own supervisor wanted me to be his mistress which I denied by ministered to him that the Word says every man must have his own wife and every woman must have his own husband. He hated me somuch that he didn’t want to see me in his office, caused me to be demoted. I stand my ground and still fighting such a demonic demotion. Because of all of these evil, Faith says be encouraged by verses 28-29 in Fillip chapter one. Flesh says ask the Lord to remove you from the place of torment to relocate you to a place of rest.
Pastor I ended up in a mixed feeling that this could be another way of God to teach my hands how to fight, or it could be that He wants to show all of them,who are trying to make my life difficult at the place of work, that He is the stronghold of my life, because the more they want to get rid of me by trying many different ways which failed, the more He protects, heals and providing for me. [Plse, I also need your comment in this regard before making a wrong decision] – my imail address is: pandulenicynthia@yahoo.com, thanks. Kalenga R.