Oluboye Emmanuel Ministry Mobile Daily Devotional Week 24, Day 6, Friday, 13th June 2025 TOPIC: KNOWING JESUS: Roll The Stone Away (13)
TOPIC: KNOWING JESUS: Roll The Stone Away (13)
One Year Bible Reading:
2 Chronicles 16 - 19, Acts 4. 1 - 31.
MEMORY VERSE:
Daniel 11:32
"32. .... but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits."
BIBLE READING:
John 11:38-41.
"38. Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. 39. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. 40. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? 41. Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
Thinking Point:
There's a limit to what God can do as there are limits to what we can do also.
Brethren have you ever seen someone who wants to lift a heavy load on his hand and tell you to lift it without him/her putting his/her hands? No matter how merciful you are, you will tell such a person to put his/her hand. For any change to emerge in our lives, we need to take away the stone because God won't roll it away. When Jesus was to turn water to wine in John 2, He told the disciples to roll the stone away by fetching water in the pot. There's always an instruction that precedes God's action in every life.
Lazarus was dead and buried four days ago. He was under the ground for about 96hours. They covered him and rolled a stone on his grave. Many of us erected some limitations around our lives knowingly and unknowingly. That stone or limitation may be our principles, what we don't want and what we want. Many singles set limitations around their lives which God can't change except they change it. Why will you desire a man with what you can't offer or what you are not qualified for? You are jobless and live an extravagant life and you desire a man who will spend his hard earned resources on you? That's the stone you are rolling against your marriage. You deflowered many ladies and you are looking for a virgin as a wife. I am sorry for you, you may end up marrying a prostitute. Stop asking God for what you are not qualified for. He can't give you His precious child so you can take him/her away from God. Principles and limitations, I can't accept a job with ₦40,000, you may end up not getting a ₦20,000 job if care is not taken. Jesus can't roll the stone away without our consent. If they refuse to roll the stone away Lazarus would remain dead. If you don't change those principles of yours and continue to fast for forty days and forty nights, God won't answer your prayer. Many of us have been ministered to, to roll that stone away, forgive that spouse of yours, forgive that friend who disappointed you, change that laws you created, then can you move forward, but we keep holding onto it. This is another avenue for you to drop those principles and allow God to do what you can't do for yourself. He said "Take ye away the stone", stones of anger, unforgiving, incontentment, greed, selfishness, take the stone away, everyone has spoken to you but you refuse, this is God sending me to tell you again, take that stone away and allow God to handle the situation. He can't work in and with us when we shut Him outside with our principles.
Good morning, and God bless you.
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