DCLM Daily Manna 26 October 2021 — Blessed Through Obedience
DCLM Daily Manna 26 October 2021 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Blessed Through Obedience
TOPIC: Blessed Through Obedience (DCLM Daily Manna 26 October 2021)
1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.
15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
📜 TEXT: GENESIS 22:1-19📜
🔑📖 KEY VERSE: “That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore …because thou hast obeyed my voice” (GENESIS 22:17, 18).
MESSAGE:
In our passage, God tested Abraham to know if he would give Him the most precious thing in his life – his only son Isaac. The next morning, he was on his way to Mount Moriah to offer the child in sacrifice as demanded by God. He was at the point of actually slaying the lad when He stopped him and provided a ram as a substitute. God then called him again and reaffirmed His earlier promises to make his descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand at the sea shore.
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God called Abraham at 75 years of age but did not immediately give him a child even though He knew barrenness was a problem in the family. This is because God was primarily interested in redeeming the soul and teaching him how to “walk before [Him] and be… perfect” (Genesis 17:1). Today, God still wants men to know that “godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come” (1 Timothy 4:8).
The eternal destiny of man is of great concern to God. While He blesses people with temporal things such as money, cars, houses, jobs, etc., His greatest desire is that men should know that His plan and purpose for them go beyond the present material world. He is preparing for them, a glorious land where He “shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying” (Revelation 21:4). This is the ultimate. Abraham is already there (Matthew 8:11). And many shall join him there.
If you are not qualified to be there yet, why not make yourself one through repentance and by faith in Christ.
✍🏽 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God blesses and honours the generation of those who obey Him.
📜THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: JEREMIAH 13-14📜
MEDITATION
GREAT OBEDIENCE, LEADING TO GENERATIONAL BLESSINGS
1. How was Abraham sure the voice was from God? He knew it by experience. Moreso, the pattern was the same when he was to leave for Canaan. He was asked to go to a land “that I will show you” , v2, 12:1.
2. Abraham’s obedience to God was a priority and immediate, “early in the morning”. God’s word must have been his sleeping and waking thoughts, v3.
3. His principle was “ask no question, only obey” once it was God, v3.
4. It took 3 days of wearisome and painful journey, yet no single complain and weakness in determination, v4.
5. Abraham did not seek counsel of those that could discourage him, including his wife and the servants. He did not even disclose his mission to them for obvious reasons, v5.
6. His emotions did not betray him, vv5,6. He knew God indeed, and from experience that it will end in praise.
7. He did not bewail his son and neither expressed self pity in slaying his only son that took him 25 years to have, vv7,8.
8. His faith in God still remained unshaken despite this hard and “harsh” demand, v8.
9. Isaac, who was about 18 years at this time also demonstrated a great obedience to the father of faith, “obedient unto death”, vv9,10, Phil.2:5-8.
10. Abraham, like God the Father, spared not his son but delivered him to God, Romans 8:32, John 3:16.
11. Just like the blessings of christian consecration, he gained back what he surrendered and much more in terms of generational blessings, vv12, 17,18, Luke 18:28-30.
Test of faith is always commensurate with the divinely planned destiny. The greater the destiny, the greater the demands of obedience
Question
Do you have these qualities of obedience?
What other lessons do you learn from the faith of Abraham?
PRAYER POINTS
1. Lord, increase my faith and obedience unto perfection 🙏
2. Lord, give me a perfected love for you that nothing will be too big for me to give up for you 🙏
3. Lord, teach me more of your ways and bring me closer to You🙏
4. Lord, use the coming crusade to deepen the knowledge and relationship of each participants with You🙏
HYMN
OBEDIENCE BRINGS A BLESSING
1. Sometimes it seems so very hard to do what God is asking,
It cuts across the grain of selfish pride,
But when we give our all to Him without a reservation,
It brings such peace and joy known deep inside.
Refrain
Obedience brings a blessing,
Obedience brings a blessing,
It always works : It never fails, Ive found;
Just daring to step out upo the promises of Jesus,
Will always work;
it never fails to bring the blessing down.
2. Then Jonah heard the voice of God say, Be my missionary,
He thot there was no way he could obey,
But when his disobedience caused him lots of pain and trouble.
He found it was not hard to go Gods way.
Refrain
3. Dont let your life become so crowded with the task of living,
That you have no time left to seek the Lord;
Dont let Him have to slow you down to get Him message to you,
Obedience always brings its own reward.
Refrain
DCLM Daily Manna 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)
