OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD, 2026
MEMORISE:
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
-2 Peter 3:18
READ: Matthew 13:5-6, Matthew 13:20-21
5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Matthew 13:20-21
20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
MESSAGE:
The second kind of soil Jesus described in His parable about the sower is ‘Stony places’.
This soil type can be compared to people who receive the word of God with joy but turn their backs on it when they begin to encounter tough situations in their lives as a result of persecution.
Jesus said in John 15:20 that His followers will also face persecution just as He did.
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Paul also told Timothy in 2 Timothy 3:12 that everyone who truly follows Christ will experience persecution in one form or another.
Believers are not exempt from difficult experiences. However, Christians must not allow persecution or trials to make them abandon their faith.
Instead of being believers who only get excited by sermons without developing roots in God’s word, Christians should grow deeper spiritually.
The devotional encourages believers to be like the Bereans in Acts 17:10-11, who personally searched the Scriptures and took responsibility for knowing God themselves.
KEY POINT:
Growing in the knowledge of God through His word is important for every believer.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Job 31–34
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
HYMN: To the work! To the work! We are servants of God
1.To the work! To the work! we are servants of God,
Let us follow the path that our Master has trod;
With the balm of His counsel our strength to renew,
Let us do with our might what our hands find to do.
Chorus:
Toiling on, toiling on,
Toiling on, toiling on,
Let us hope, let us watch,
And labour till the Master comes.
2.To the work! To the work! let the hungry be fed;
To the fountain of life let the weary be led!
In the cross and its banner our glory shall be,
While we herald the tidings, “Salvation is free!”
3.To the work! To the work! there is labour for all;
For the kingdom of darkness and error shall fall;
And the name of Jehovah exalted shall be,
In the loud-swelling chorus, “Salvation is free!”
4.To the work! To the work! in the strength of the Lord,
And a robe and a crown shall our labour reward;
When the home of the faithful our dwelling shall be, And we shout with the ransomed, “Salvation is free!”
