DAILY MANNA
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2021
MAKING YOUR DAY SPECIAL
TEXT: Isaiah 6:1-8
KEY VERSE:
“In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.” - (Isaiah 6:1)
There are few days in our lives that are worth remembering and putting down in our daily journals or diaries. Usually, those days start off like every other day without often giving any clue that it will end up being a very significant thing that is worth ever remembering.
Prophet Isaiah in our text, no doubt had such a day. This very special event in his life happened in the year that King Uzziah died. Being a prophet himself, it was not the first time Isaiah would be having an encounter with the Lord but this day’s encounter completely changed everything about his life and ministry. He saw a greater revelation of the Lord and His holiness that exposed the weakness and deep lack in his life. He seized the opportunity of the day to rise above his present spiritual level and state. He cried to the Lord, admitting his present weakness and willingness to accept the call to a greater service. It was a day never to be forgotten for him.
No doubt, we have some very special and positively significant days that we always want to remember. But we must note that making a day significant depends greatly on what we choose to do with the day and how we seize the opportunities that present themselves to us each day.
If we will change our attitudes and determine to make the best use of each moment we have with God, His vision will become clearer to us and His voice more definite. Each of such moments will bring us into an encounter that will so transform our lives and leave us with evergreen and sweet memories. God is too great and has such a fathomless depth that we cannot fully exhaust even if we spend all our lives drawing from it each day! There is something new we can always hear and see from God every day.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
There is something new from God each day.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Matthew 1-3
HIGHER EVERYDAY
FRIDAY JANUARY 29, 2021
GLEANING FROM THE DECALOGUE - 1
TEXT: EXODUS 20:1-10
MEMORY VERSE: "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind" (MATTHEW 22:37).
The sanctity of any human society is determined by the laws put in place by existing authorities to regulate relationships. A lawless society will be full of chaos and anarchy (Judges 17:6; 21:25). Laws are instituted to guide people in societies so that there can be peace, progress and happiness.
God gave Israel the Decalogue, which is the Ten Commandments, a summary of His expectations from them towards Him and their fellow men. Jesus, the great teacher who came from God, condensed the Ten Commandments into two main components in an answer to a tempting question asked by a Sadducee, a lawyer.
Jesus said, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself" (Matthew 22:37, 39). He added that all the laws and the prophets hang on the two commandments.
The first great commandment is God's demand from all people - Jews and Gentiles alike. He is sovereign and incomparable with any other being or object.
QUOTE: God gave Israel the Decalogue.
CHALLENGE: It takes a conquered heart to love God without question!
PRAYER: Lord, circumcise my heart that I may love You perfectly.