DCLM Daily Manna 11 March 2025 — Punishment Against Pride
DCLM Daily Manna 11 March 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Punishment Against Pride
TOPIC: Punishment Against Pride (DCLM Daily Manna 11 March 2025)
KEY VERSE: “And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations…” (Ezekiel 29:12).
TEXT: Ezekiel 29:1-21 (KJV)
1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the Lord: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.
10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
13 Yet thus saith the Lord God; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord God.
17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.
21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
DCLM Daily Manna For Today MESSAGE:
Gabriela Mistral, a 1945 Chilean Nobel laureate in literature, wrote a legend on “Why Reeds Are Hollow”. The reeds once led a revolution advocating height equality for all plants regardless of their girth, variety or form. A few other plants protested that the proposal was unnatural and prideful, but they were ignored. Suddenly, one night, the shorter plants overgrew. However, within a month of the new equality, problems arose due to the unnatural height of most herbs. Some dried or broke up. Many lost their flowers to the wind and were fruitless because pollinators could not reach their flowers to fertilize them. Only the naturally tall trees thrived. Humans and animals starved. At first, the reeds rationalized all these problems, but finally, they admitted that when they reached upward, they became hollow. After a while, the natural order was restored, and plants reverted to their usual growth pattern. However, the reeds are hollow due to their pride.
Also Read: Open Heaven 11 March 2025 – Jesus Cares
In today’s text, God predicted the judgment of the old Egyptian empire and how they would turn out to be a disappointing ‘staff of reed’ to the Israelites who trusted in them for military support. Egypt was the first world power mentioned in the Bible but became proud and cruel. Egypt began to boast that, “My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.” However, God predicted that she would be stripped of her dominance and become desolate so that her inhabitants would learn to be humble and revere God. The empire eventually lost her glamour and dominance.
Also Read: DCLM Daily Manna 10 March 2024 – When Heaven Steps In
God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. Pride makes a person thinks too highly, and speaks loftily of themselves; looks down on others, and forget they owe their fortunes to God. The way out of the pitfall of pride is to realise that whatever we are or have is bestowed by God, and we will give account to Him, who is our Proprietor.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Even good intentions and actions get ruined by pride.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Numbers 11-13
Deeper Life Daily Manna For Today 2025 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)
