08-09-2020, 08:41 AM
CAC LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE.*
*Sunday, August 9, 2020.*
*(International Day of the World's Indigenous People)*
*NOT MY PEOPLE, BUT YOUR PEOPLE!*
*Read Exodus 32:1-11.*
1. And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
2. And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
3. And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4. And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5. And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
6. And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
7. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
8. They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
9. And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
10. Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
11. And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
*MEMORISE: And the Lord said to Moses, "Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves"
(Exodus 32:7)*
*EXPOSITION*
Exodus records several incidents that God used to prove to Pharaoh and the Egyptians that Israel was His people (cf. Ex. 3:10; 5:1; 7:4; 8:23).
God was jealous of them and would not allow anyone to oppress them. On mount Sinai, He made a covenant with them and promised, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; ... you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (Exod. 19:5).
But there is a prayer that people of a certain tribe in Nigeria often pray:
'May you not become a strench in the nostril of the one who loves you!' Israel became a stench in God's nostril, so much that at a time. He rechristened them Lo-Ammi, saying, You are not My people! (Hos. 1:9).
Back in Exodus, before Moses brought the Law to them, they had corrupted themselves (Exo. 32:7) by making golden calf (an object of worship) for themselves and attributed the work of salvation from slavery to it (Exod. 32:4).
Consequently, Israel was like a football, kicked by God to Moses, and Moses kicked them back to God! God said, Your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt... (Exod. 32:7) Moses fired back: Lord, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt... (Exod. 32:11; 33:13,16).
As Christians, we are the Israel of God, as Paul made clear in Galatians (6:16). He also warned that we should not be idolaters as they were. We should not commit sexual immortality as they did. We should not test Christ as they did, and we should not grumble as they did (1 Cor. 10:7-10).
But what if we do? The warning is stern enough: For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either (Rom. 11:21). It is not enough to say I am a child of God. It is better, if God endorses one's sonship (Matt. 3:17; 17:5).
*PRAYER POINTS:*
1. Pray that in your conduct and speech, you will not do things that will make you a stench in God's nostril.
2. Pray against the sinful heart that turns away from the Living God.
3. Pray for God's people who are going through trying periods of persecution, everywhere.
*EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Psalms 8 - 12; Jude 1*
Happy Sunday. Do have a refreshing moment in God's presence.
*Sunday, August 9, 2020.*
*(International Day of the World's Indigenous People)*
*NOT MY PEOPLE, BUT YOUR PEOPLE!*
*Read Exodus 32:1-11.*
1. And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
2. And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
3. And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4. And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5. And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
6. And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
7. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
8. They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
9. And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
10. Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
11. And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
*MEMORISE: And the Lord said to Moses, "Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves"
(Exodus 32:7)*
*EXPOSITION*
Exodus records several incidents that God used to prove to Pharaoh and the Egyptians that Israel was His people (cf. Ex. 3:10; 5:1; 7:4; 8:23).
God was jealous of them and would not allow anyone to oppress them. On mount Sinai, He made a covenant with them and promised, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; ... you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (Exod. 19:5).
But there is a prayer that people of a certain tribe in Nigeria often pray:
'May you not become a strench in the nostril of the one who loves you!' Israel became a stench in God's nostril, so much that at a time. He rechristened them Lo-Ammi, saying, You are not My people! (Hos. 1:9).
Back in Exodus, before Moses brought the Law to them, they had corrupted themselves (Exo. 32:7) by making golden calf (an object of worship) for themselves and attributed the work of salvation from slavery to it (Exod. 32:4).
Consequently, Israel was like a football, kicked by God to Moses, and Moses kicked them back to God! God said, Your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt... (Exod. 32:7) Moses fired back: Lord, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt... (Exod. 32:11; 33:13,16).
As Christians, we are the Israel of God, as Paul made clear in Galatians (6:16). He also warned that we should not be idolaters as they were. We should not commit sexual immortality as they did. We should not test Christ as they did, and we should not grumble as they did (1 Cor. 10:7-10).
But what if we do? The warning is stern enough: For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either (Rom. 11:21). It is not enough to say I am a child of God. It is better, if God endorses one's sonship (Matt. 3:17; 17:5).
*PRAYER POINTS:*
1. Pray that in your conduct and speech, you will not do things that will make you a stench in God's nostril.
2. Pray against the sinful heart that turns away from the Living God.
3. Pray for God's people who are going through trying periods of persecution, everywhere.
*EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Psalms 8 - 12; Jude 1*
Happy Sunday. Do have a refreshing moment in God's presence.