DEEPER LIFE DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Daily Manna by Pastor Kumuyi is a daily devotional sets out to provide spiritual nourishment for the believers who truly seek God and would walk closely with Him
DAILY MANNA
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 04, 2023
TOPIC: ALTRUISTIC LEADERSHIP
KEY VERSE: “Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now” (Numbers 14:19).
TEXT: NUMBERS 14:11-25
The disposition of a leader at a time of national crisis can become a game-changer. If the leader is not selfless but bent on the pursuit of personal glory, he would scarcely worry if the system under him should cave in as long as his safety is guaranteed. On the other hand, if the land has a personality like Moses who would not rejoice when his people were threatened with extinction, the citizens would witness a flourishing era.
God was not happy with the continual backsliding of Israel. They broke His commandments and had no faith in Him despite numerous miracles, signs and wonders He did through His servant, Moses. Their faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was waning and pushing them into unequal yoke with their idolatrous neighbours. Finally, God said the punishment for all these treacherous acts would be to wipe out Israel and make Moses the patriarch of a brand-new nation.
Pleading for Israel, Moses reminded the Lord of His great characteristics of mercy, love and longsuffering. He asked Him to consider what the unbelieving nations would say if He disinherited Israel. He wanted the Lord to continue with His original plan to make Israel the nation through whom the Messiah would come. His intercession was a perfect example of what Jesus Himself would do centuries later: praying the Father to forgive disobedient man.
As ambassadors for Christ, the chief mission of Christians is two-fold: to draw the attention of sinners to the gracious Lord and to ask God to forgive them as they repent. God granted Moses what he asked. This indicates that there is power and efficacy in our prayer to the Lord on behalf of individuals, nations and ourselves.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God can use our intercessions to transform sinners into saints.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: JEREMIAH 39 – 42
SINCERE MILK
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 04, 2023
OUR SHELTER FROM STORM
KEY VERSE: "For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall." Isaiah 25:4
TEXT: ISAIAH 25:1-5
A shelter is a place of refuge and safety. Jesus Christ, the Rock of Ages is our Shelter, Refuge and Strength in time of a storm. The storm can come in different shades and forms,-like sickness, poverty, lack, failure, discouragement, fear of the unknown, temptations, trials and persecution. We need not fear, but rather trust the Saviour and confess like the hymn writer that:
"The Lord's our Rock, in Him we hide,
A shelter in the time of storm,
Secure whatever ill betide
A shelter in the time of storm.
Oh, Jesus is a rock in a weary land, A weary land, a weary land,
Oh, Jesus is a rock in a weary land, A shelter in the time of storm.
The raging storm may round us beat, A shelter in the time of storm,
We'll never leave our safe retreat, A shelter in the time of storm." (Ira D. Sankey, 1885)
PRAYER: Oh Lord, shelter me from the storms of life.
FURTHER READING: PSALMS 46:1-5