DCLM Higher Everyday 10 April 2025 — Go Stand In The Gap
DCLM Higher Everyday 10 April 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Go Stand In The Gap
Topic: Go Stand In The Gap
Text: Ezekiel 22:23-31
23And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
25There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
26Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
27Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
28And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
Key Verse: “And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none” (Ezekiel 22:30).
Message
Hudson Taylor grew up in a Christian home but when at age 15 he worked in a bank, his skeptical fellow clerks mocked his religion as ‘old fashion’. His Christian joy crashed and he began to desire worldly vanity. His younger sister Amelia began to pray three times daily for his restoration. His mother was also crying to God for him until she was tired one afternoon following hours of intercession. She heard an inner spirit witness that her prayer was answered. That same afternoon Hudson was about seventy miles away searching for a book to read. He got a pamphlet entitled, “The finished work of Christ.” He prayed for salvation and later became a successful missionary in China.
Also Read: DCLM Higher Everyday 9 April 2025 – Jesus Sets Free
In Ezekiel’s days, there was rebellion, violation of God’s law, profanity, oppression, violence, blood shedding, and idolatrous practices in the nation of Israel. God was searching for someone to stand like Moses to call out for urgent decision before the wrath of God fell on them. God is also seeking intercessors for our nation today. Will you go?
Quote: God is also seeking intercessors
Challenge: Don’t delay to stand in the gap for backsliders,
Prayer for today: Oh Lord, help me to stand in the gap for sinners.
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)
