19/11/2025
OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19TH 2025
TOPIC: BE VULNERABLE WITH GOD
MEMORISE:
“The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.” - (Psalm 34:18)
BIBLE READING: EXODUS 3:1-5 (KJV)
1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
MESSAGE:
Whenever I am in God's presence, I behave like a child because I recognise that I am just a baby in need of His love, comfort, mercy, and help. In Luke 18:9-14, Jesus told the story of two men who went into the temple to pray. One boasted about his achievements before God but was not justified. However, the other man who went humbly before God and acknowledged his helplessness was justified. In today's world, many people approach God as 'great people of faith'. However, this is why they pray for so long without getting responses from God.
When God described the dimensions of the mercy seat in the ark of the covenant to Moses in Exodus 25:17, He specified that its length was to be 2.5 cubits and its breadth was to be 1.5 cubits. Interestingly, God didn't specify a height. This means that the mercy seat isn't something to sit on but something to lie upon. Those who will receive God's mercy must come in their lowest state. When you're in God's presence.
