DCLM Daily Manna 28 November 2021
Topic: We’ve Got The Key
TEXT: Isaiah 22:15-25
KEY VERSE:
“And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.” – (Isaiah 22:22)
There are people who parade themselves as people with power and great authority. Most of the time, they arrogate to themselves power and usurp authority not given to them.
Shebna in our text tried to appropriate to himself the authority not given to him. He probably had schemed his way to power and was now plotting to perpetuate his reign. He not only had planned for his days in power but had gone ahead to make preparation for his death and burial in a noble way. But these did not happen. Rather, He was deposed, taken into captivity and died there. God then raised Eliakim who was given the key of power and authority.
It is however unfortunate that many of us are not exercising this power today. Instead, we allow usurpers and people who lay false claim to power to parade themselves with confidence around. We must rise as believers and take hold of the authority the Lord has given to us. We’ve got the key and must use it to direct the course of our lives and world. Let us not sit idle and watch undesirable things happen around us. Let us shut the gates against evil and throw wide open the doors of righteousness, peace, joy, abundance, good health and prosperity.
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All power and authority reside in God and He chooses those He gives them to. Just as He decided to place the key of power and authority on the shoulders of Eliakim, so has He handed the same power and authority to us as believers. We have the keys and are free to determine whatever we wish to do with it. We can choose to open and no man will close; and close and no man will open! We are to determine the course of our lives and happenings around us.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Use your key to liberate the world from sin.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Daniel 1-2
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