DCLM Sincere Milk 10 March 2025 — I Will Not Be Cast Down
DCLM Sincere Milk 10 March 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — I Will Not Be Cast Down
Topic: I Will Not Be Cast Down
Text: Psalm 42:5-8
5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Key Verse: “O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.” Psalm 42:6
Message
To be cast down means to be discouraged, to lose hope; not expecting that any good thing will come out of a particular situation. This is a strategy from Satan to make friends of Jesus not to achieve what they are supposed to achieve. The story is told of a 10-year-old friend of Jesus who became discouraged because his grades were dropping in school. He made a lot of efforts, but things did not improve with his academic performance. One day in church, his teacher taught them using the above Bible passage.
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This made them know that God understands what all His children pass through every time. He reminded them that He expects them to call on Him when they are discouraged. They must also search their lives, maybe they have displeased God. It was then the discouraged boy remembered that he had been leaving many important things undone- studying, praying, reading his Bible, attending fellowship regularly and punctually. He had been doing them, but not very well as he used do. He immediately made up his mind to become diligent in all these once again. He prayed and promised God and himself that he will do better. God answered his prayer and his academics performance improved tremendously.
Further Reading: 2 Corinthians 1:8-10
Prayer for today: Lord, please help me to keep in mind and do all I need to do to remain at the top.
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)
