DCLM Daily Manna 17 December 2021 — Uncommon Mercy
DCLM Daily Manna 17 December 2021 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Uncommon Mercy
TOPIC: UNCOMMON MERCY
📜 TEXT:2 KINGS 13:1-9📜
1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)
7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
🔑📖KEY VERSE: “And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime” (2 KINGS 13:5).
MESSAGE:
One night in 1935, Fiorello H. La Guardia, former mayor of New York, showed up at a night court in the poorest ward of the city. He dismissed the judge for the evening and took over the bench. One case involved an elderly woman who was caught stealing bread to feed her grandchildren. La Guardia said “I’ve got to punish you, ten dollars or ten days in jail.” As he spoke, he threw $10 into his hat. He then fined everyone in the courtroom 50 cents for living in a city “where a person has to steal bread so that her grandchildren can eat”. The hat was passed round, and the woman left the courtroom with her fine paid, and an additional $47.50.
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The incident in our text took place during the reign of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king over the northern kingdom. As the nation continued in their evil, the Lord’s anger prevailed and this time, they were delivered into the hands of the kings of Syria who oppressed them. But Israel continued in their sins even after the deliverance.
The mercies and compassion of God are a lesson for every one of us, especially as preachers and ministers of the gospel. We sometimes close the doors of our churches to returning prodigals, thinking they have gone too far and done too much to be forgiven. We cannot be more offended than God by the sins of the people. We must leave the doors of mercy and forgiveness open for anyone who desires to return.
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✍🏽THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: You can’t be angrier at sin than God.
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MEDITATION
MERCY: THE UNMERITED FAVOUR
1. Thebwicked, undesirable past
a. Jehoahaz did evil in the sight of the Lord, v2.
b. He continued in the generational evil that he knew brought the anger of the LORD to the past generations, v2.
c. He further influenced the whole nation negatively to continue in the evil against God, v2.
d. He was neck deep in the evil to the point of invoking the anger of God against the whole nation, v3.
e. Obviously he did not merit the mercy of God.
f. He should have died and pay for his sins and wickedness.
2. But Mercy says NO
a. Mercy always speak when there is genuine repentance, and this is what is called grace or unmerited favour.
b. The king cried to the Lord in repentance, v4.
c. God sent them a saviour who delivered them, v5.
d. The deliverance was not partial but total with full restoration to the great life they were enjoying when there was no sin, v5.
e. God is willing and ready to give full restoration of all you have lost through sin, disobedience and carelessness, v5, Isaiah 57:18, Joel 2:25.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Praise God because whenever He forgives, His forgiveness is total 🙏
2. Ask God to show you wrongs that have resulted into losses in your life and ask for mercy🙏
3. Ask God for full restoration of precious things or experiences you have lost🙏
4. Pray that the mercy of God will appear to all at the crusade and make it a restoration mountain for all🙏
HYMN
AT CALVARY
1. Years I spent in vanity and pride,
Caring not my Lord was crucified,
Knowing not it was for me He died on Calvary.
Refrain:
Mercy there was great and grace was free,
Pardon there was multiplied to me,
There my burdened soul found liberty–
At Calvary.
2. By God’s Word at last my sin I learned–
Then I trembled at the Law I’d spurned,
Till my guilty soul imploring turned to Calvary.
Refrain
3. Now I’ve giv’n to Jesus ev’rything,
Now I gladly own Him as my King,
Now my raptured soul can only sing of Calvary. Refrain
4. O the love that drew salvation’s plan!
O the grace that brought it down to man!
O the mighty gulf that God did span at Calvary. 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)
