2015]
Memorise: How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the
Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good,
and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God
was with him. - Acts 10:38
Read: (John 9:1-7 KJV)
1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind
from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin,
this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his
parents: but that the works of God should be made
manifest in him.
4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is
day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and
made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the
blind man with the clay,
7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which
is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and
washed, and came seeing.
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 11:13, Acts 16:16-40
MESSAGE:
A potential recipient of uncommon miracles is a workshop
of wonders. A classic example is the man born blind in
today’s Bible reading. No artisan or craftsman can do his
work effectively without a workshop. It may amaze you that
candidates for miracles are workshops for the miracle-
working Jesus. When the disciples confronted Jesus on
whether the blind man was born blind as a result of sin, He
said neither the man or his parents did sin. Jesus said he
was born blind so that the works of God might be made
manifest in him. Jesus swung into action immediately; with
His creative divine ability, He produced brand new eyes for
this man.
You too can be a workshop for the great Miracle-worker
provided you are willing to receive your miracle today.
There are several things we should learn from the blind
man that qualified him as a workshop for wonders. One of
these is that this man was available for the wonders. One
of these is that this man was available for the miracle.
Before someone can be a workshop for wonders, he or she
must be available. The blind man was there at the right
time when the Miracle-worker was to do His work! Another
thing about this man is that he surrendered himself for
Jesus to work on. The Bible says:
“When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground,
and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes
of the blind man with the clay, And said unto him, Go,
wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by
interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and
washed, and came seeing.” - John 9:6-7
This blind man did not only surrender himself to be worked
upon, he carried out all the actions necessary for the
actualisation of his miracle. The miracle would not have
taken place if he had not cooperated with the Workman –
Jesus, by washing at the pool of Siloam. Naaman was
another workshop for wonders who cooperated with the
process required for the actualisation of his miracle;
although this came after his initial self-aggrandisement
that would have robbed him of his miracle (2nd Kings
5:13-14 ). My pastoral advice to you is that you should
exercise complete obedience in humility of God, His word
and His ministers if you want to live in the miraculous this
year.
Prayer Point: Father, please make me a workshop for your
miracles. Let not my hour of miracles elude me.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional written by Pastor E.A.
Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian
Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the
world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's
Ministries.
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