DEVOTIONAL: He's Always a Step Ahead (3) – Wole Oladiyun

TOPIC: HE'S ALWAYS A STEP AHEAD (3) (15 January, 2020)

TEXT: Psalm 91:10

MEMORIZE: No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble, in the name of Jesus (Proverbs 12:21)

MESSAGE:

For nine-year-old Keith Pulles, winterizing the family swimming pool signaled the end of summer.

He writes: “I watched glumly from the window as Dad opened a jug and started dumping chemicals into the pool. Then he got another jug and added more stuff. 'That's a lot of stuff to put into the pool,' I thought. Just then the phone rang and I ran to check the caller ID. 'Unknown name, unknown number.' Mum and Dad had warned me about talking to strangers, but that day a voice inside said, 'Pick it up!'

“The urge was so strong I lifted the receiver and said hello. 'May I speak with Steve Pulles, please?' I didn't recognise the voice. Probably a telemarketer, but something made me say, 'Hang on. I'll go get him.' I went outside, phone in hand, and shouted, 'Dad! Phone!' He walked around the side of the garage from the backyard and took the cordless phone from me. 'Hello? Hello? Who's calling?' he hollered. A couple of seconds later he took the phone from his ear and turned it off. 'Nobody there,' he said.

“Suddenly there was an enormous boom from the back yard. 'The pool!' Dad shouted. It turned out he'd mixed two chemicals he shouldn't have. The mixture exploded out of the water, leaving toxic fumes… if Dad had been out there at that moment he could have died. Unknown caller? I don't think so. The person on the phone that day certainly had our number.” 

The Psalmist said, “No evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home.” Today, pray for God to protect you and your loved ones

PRAYERS:

*Father Lord, be the wall of fire around me, my family and all our loved ones, in the name Jesus (Zechariah 2:5).

*Thwart the arrows shot at us by day and cause the terror by night to cease, in the name of Jesus (Psalm 91:5).

*Let it be known in our lives that You alone, whose name is LORD, are the Most High over all the earth, in the name of Jesus (Psalm 83:18).

CREDIT: This Devotional Lesson was written by Pastor Wole Oladiyun, Senior Pastor of Christ Livingspring Apostolic Ministry, CLAM.