DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 5 June 2022 — Researching for results 2
DCLM Higher Everyday 5 June 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Researching for results 2
TOPIC: RESEARCHING FOR RESULTS – 2
TEXT: JOSHUA 2:8-16
8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:
13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
MEMORY VERSE: “And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way” (JOSHUA 2:16).
MESSAGE:
Joshua’s research through intelligence gathering of the spies brought the spies close to death. This is the reality of life, to make us know that even in the centre of the will of God, the devil will still attempt to fight us.
Rahab, a harlot, who received the mercy of God through the spies, was a strategist. Strategy is the art of planning the best way to gain an advantage or to achieve success, especially in war.
Rahab counselled the spies saying, “Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.” The counsel of this woman made the spies to escape from Jericho successfully to give Joshua useful feedback about the inhabitants of the city of Jericho.
Christian youths must learn from Rahab who became a very useful instrument in the Kingdom, even as a young convert. You have to support the fellowship in your school or the church in your area to succeed in its plan to conquer the land for Christ.
QUOTE: Learn from Rahab.
CHALLENGE: Be a strategist.
PRAYER: Lord, help me to support my fellowship.
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)
