DCLM Daily Manna Saturday 10 December 2022
TOPIC: No Pranks With God
TEXT: 1 Kings 14:1-12
KEY VERSE
“And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.” – (1 Kings 14:2).
DCLM Daily Manna Saturday 10 December 2022 OUTLINE
History is the house of stories of people who ruined great opportunities with careless decisions. When providence granted them a platform to excel, they later abandoned the set terms, which would have guaranteed the continuance of what moved them to the limelight. They assumed an independence that pitched them against all that God stood for. That headed them for destruction, despite a promising start with the Lord.
Jeroboam’s case is one of the most tragic in Scriptures. He led the ten tribes God gave him out of the divided kingdom of Israel into an idolatry that ran for generations from which Israel did not recover. While still living unrepentantly in sin, he sent his wife to seek help from the servant of the true God for his ailing son. He underrated the power of God to overrule the physical defects of His servants by asking his wife to hide her identity. But the Lord exposed them and delivered judgment upon them.
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Man cannot play pranks with God. Once He sets the guidelines for us in our dealings with Him, He expects total compliance, not a partial one that would allow for a part-time relationship. He wants us to continue with Him the way we started with Him at Calvary. We must show commitment, consecration and consistency at every stage of the Christian journey.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
It is dangerous to play tricks with God.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Isaiah 34-37
