Friday March 06th, 2026
« Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now Yahweh declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be cursed »
1 In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’ ”
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord,
3 and said, “Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,
5 “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years.
6 I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.” ’
7 And this is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing which He has spoken:
8 Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.” So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.
Today, I want to introduce you to the other side of the Most High.
You already know from previous discussions that He can overrule anybody, but did you know that He can also overrule Himself ?
In Isaiah 38:1-8, the Most High sent His Prophet to King Hezekiah to tell him that he was about to die.
Hezekiah prayed to God to give him some more time on earth, and the Most High granted him 15 more years.
The Prophet must have wondered,
« But Lord, forever O Lord, Your word is settled »
Psalm 119:89, and God must have responded,
- “I am the One who said it. I am the One reversing it”.
That is an example of God overruling Himself to answer a person’s prayers.
- He can also overrule Himself to punish an individual.
When you read 1 Samuel 2:30, you see Him overruling Himself to punish Eli.
This is where we need to be very careful.
In 1 Samuel 9:15-17, He chose Saul, who was the least in the least of the tribes in Israel, to be king.
However, Saul became arrogant and God decided to reject him.
At the end of the day, God sent a tormenting spirit to him and then made sure that he and his sons died on the same day.
I am sure that if Saul knew that he would end up that way, he would never have disobeyed God.
The Most High is a wonderful friend to have.
- When He is on your side, He can overrule anybody or anything that is against you, but He is a very dangerous enemy.
If He was once your friend and becomes your enemy, you are in trouble.
This is why I want to appeal to you again to surrender your life to Him.
The Most High is not someone you toy with.
He is not someone you can cheat or deceive, He knows all things.
- He knows those who pretend to belong to Him but are still doing the will of the devil.
Before He changes His mind, I beg you to surrender to Him and let Him be your friend for life.
If you claim that He is your Lord, serve Him in total surrender.
Serve Him with all your heart and in sincerity.
Worship Him in Spirit and in Truth, and the result will be beautiful.
If however, you think you can play games with Him, He will show you that He is a Consuming Fire.
Application – If you are wise, you would never want to be in the bad books of the Most High; you would live holy.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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