05-25-2020, 04:23 PM
*CAC LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE*
*Monday, May 25, 2020 - African Liberation Day*
*TOPIC:**EXILED, BUT NOT IN BONDAGE*
*Read: Job 32:1-5*
Job 32:1-5 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.
*MEMORISE: Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him (Job 13:15)*
*EXPOSITION*
Many believers who go the wrong way today, have attributed their waywardness and inconsistencies to the environment they found themselves. While this may be a factor to misbehave, we have an inbuilt (God-deposited) capacity to resist all efforts to yield to temptations.
The three Hebrew friends were part of the exiles taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.
Though they found themselves in a strange land with strange gods and ways of life, they refused to behave strangely, from the point of view of God's Word (instructions) that they had obviously learnt from childhood.
They refused to jettison the ancient landmark set by their parents, back at home. They were not in bondage under the guise of any vain religion, and so refused to bow to any image, regardless of the grave consequences that were read to them. The king's threat and the fiery fire meant nothing to them.
They knew whatever they did or said in the course of their duties were not to man but to God. Remember Joseph, when he was faced with sin, did not refuse to dance to the seducer's tune, just because of his master, alone, but majorly, that God may not be angry with him (Gen. 39:9). He was a slave but not ENSLAVED!
There is an eye watching you that you cannot see. Without being rude, believers must do their jobs everywhere with all diligence, without compromise, fear or intimidation of any sort. Children of God must be courageous, and trust God, even in hardest situations.
Do you know you are God's representative where you work, school, or catch fun? The God and His Word you fail to defend today, will fail to defend you, when you fall. Act for God where necessary and talk where necessary; the King of kings is watching you. But do this with, and in God's wisdom and provisions readily available in His Word.
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Lord, help me never to yield to temptations, again.
2. Father, please help our youths in higher institutions not to be driven away by the tides of ungodliness in their environments.
3. O Lord, help us and our leaders to know always that Your eyes are watching us, even in the darkest of places, so that we would not compromise Your standard in any areas of our lives.
*EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: 1 Kings 14 - 15, 1 Corin. 16 & 2 Corin. 1*
*God of peace, visit us with your peace in Jesus name. Amen............Shalom*
*Monday, May 25, 2020 - African Liberation Day*
*TOPIC:**EXILED, BUT NOT IN BONDAGE*
*Read: Job 32:1-5*
Job 32:1-5 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.
*MEMORISE: Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him (Job 13:15)*
*EXPOSITION*
Many believers who go the wrong way today, have attributed their waywardness and inconsistencies to the environment they found themselves. While this may be a factor to misbehave, we have an inbuilt (God-deposited) capacity to resist all efforts to yield to temptations.
The three Hebrew friends were part of the exiles taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.
Though they found themselves in a strange land with strange gods and ways of life, they refused to behave strangely, from the point of view of God's Word (instructions) that they had obviously learnt from childhood.
They refused to jettison the ancient landmark set by their parents, back at home. They were not in bondage under the guise of any vain religion, and so refused to bow to any image, regardless of the grave consequences that were read to them. The king's threat and the fiery fire meant nothing to them.
They knew whatever they did or said in the course of their duties were not to man but to God. Remember Joseph, when he was faced with sin, did not refuse to dance to the seducer's tune, just because of his master, alone, but majorly, that God may not be angry with him (Gen. 39:9). He was a slave but not ENSLAVED!
There is an eye watching you that you cannot see. Without being rude, believers must do their jobs everywhere with all diligence, without compromise, fear or intimidation of any sort. Children of God must be courageous, and trust God, even in hardest situations.
Do you know you are God's representative where you work, school, or catch fun? The God and His Word you fail to defend today, will fail to defend you, when you fall. Act for God where necessary and talk where necessary; the King of kings is watching you. But do this with, and in God's wisdom and provisions readily available in His Word.
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Lord, help me never to yield to temptations, again.
2. Father, please help our youths in higher institutions not to be driven away by the tides of ungodliness in their environments.
3. O Lord, help us and our leaders to know always that Your eyes are watching us, even in the darkest of places, so that we would not compromise Your standard in any areas of our lives.
*EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: 1 Kings 14 - 15, 1 Corin. 16 & 2 Corin. 1*
*God of peace, visit us with your peace in Jesus name. Amen............Shalom*