Today’s Devotion
Topic: Get Ready For The Floodgates!
Text: Malachi 3:10b
“Test Me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” Amen.
A floodgate is a gate for controlling the flow of water from a lake, river, reservoir, etc. It can be opened or closed to admit or exclude water. When closed, it prevents water from going down stream so it can serve the purpose for which the dam is required. But once opened, water gushes out downstream with so much force, irrigating fields several distance away. Heaven has a floodgate too; not one to store water, but blessings. This is how we know:
Jehovah mentioned it Himself through the prophet Malachi when He said, “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” (Malachi 3: 10).
Again, when Ben-Hadad, king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria, there came great famine in the land of Israel. So severe that the King of Israel planned to kill Elisha, for he said “This disaster is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?” But Elisha replied the king saying, “This is what the LORD says: About this time tomorrow, a seah of the finest flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”
The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it!” (2 Kings chapters 6 & 7)
Beloved, can you see that both references suggest an abundant overflow of blessings once the floodgates of Heaven are opened? In fact, it suggests so much blessings such that there will not be room enough to contain. If this is the case, then our prayer, after we have been faithful with our lives, tithes and offerings; is “Lord please open the floodgates of heaven, and pour out your blessing on me”. Begin to pray now!
This water flowing from above must irrigate your life, family, business, education and career till you have yielded a thousand fold of blessings in Jesus name. You see, there has been so much spiritual and economic famine in our land for far too long, however God is turning things around for your good right now!
Just prepare your field (heart) in prayer for the overflowing blessing that is coming. Take care of all those “stones and blockades” in your life that will affect the flow of these blessings and create drenches to prevent wastage too. Today is the day for your visitation. Be filled and soaked by the waters of Heaven in the mighty name of Jesus!
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