DCLM Daily Manna 29 January 2025 — A Disastrous Move
DCLM Daily Manna 29 January 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — A Disastrous Move
TOPIC: A Disastrous Move (DCLM Daily Manna 29 January 2025)
KEY VERSE: “And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband” (Ruth 1:5).
TEXT: Ruth 1:1-5 (KJV)
1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
3 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
DCLM Daily Manna For Today MESSAGE:
Today in the Word edition of July 19, 1993, published the story of a young film director, Robert Flaherty’s months-long prospecting for iron ore in the Far North. He found neither, but he succeeded in shooting about 70,000 feet of film in his travels. Someone encouraged him to edit the film and make a documentary, which Flaherty spent weeks doing. But just as he finished, a match from his cigarette dropped among the celluloid, consuming the entire film and burning Flaherty badly.
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Today’s text tells the story of a family whose famine-influenced and ill-advised decision to move from Bethlehem Judah to Moab ended in incalculable disaster. Elimelech’s misadventure led to his death and the loss of his two sons. His widow, Naomi, returned to Bethlehem Judah empty except with the compassionate daughter-in-law, Ruth.
There are some lessons to learn from this family’s disastrous move. First, is the necessity of prayer before any decision is made. Our text does not show any place where Elimelech prayed before moving his family from the “house of bread” to an accursed stronghold. Not every adverse situation should set us running, without consulting God in prayer. Also, sometimes, we must understand that the grass may not always be eventually greener on the other side. None of us is immune to such consequences unless we diligently consider our ways. Besides praying, we also must seek godly counsel before any relocation decision is made. These days when economic challenges are biting harder, it is not unusual for people to bolt out of a place of downturn only to enter another region’s downward spiral.
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This study teaches us the importance of critically, closely, and prayerfully scrutinizing our decision to relocate from one place to another. We must enlist proper and proven tools of well-informed counsels spiced with ample personal research weighed on the scale of spiritual, social, and economic viability. We should make no moves that lack the leading of the Spirit of God.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
If our eyes are not on God, we can’t see where He’s pointing us.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Matthew 1-3
Deeper Life Daily Manna For Today 2024 was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
