Open Heavens daily devotional by Pastor Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God for today is here. Digest the word of the lord and pray believing
TOPIC OF DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL FOR FRIDAY 14th JUNE IS “
FREEDOM AFTER SERVITUDE”
BIBLE TEXT: Deuteronomy 15:12-23
12. And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.13. And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty;14. Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress; of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.15. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing to day.16. And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;17. Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.18. It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years; and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.19. All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God; thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.20. Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.21. And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.22. Thou shalt eat it within thy gates; the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.23. Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
KEY VERSE: Deuteronomy 15:12
“And if thy brother, an Hebrew woman man or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.” .
DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Freedom is the desire and heart-cry of every living being. A slave freed by his master is given the absolute opportunity to express himself as a free citizen of the nation. No wonder there is continuous agitation for freedom in all nations and in every sphere of life.
Unfortunately, many who are struggling and fighting for social, political and economic emancipation today are slaves to sin. True freedom comes from God.
The text spells out the law of servitude and the condition for freedom. The release of slaves in Israel was to be done every seven years. During this period, no Israelite must be enslaved permanently either because of debt or a rash decision, except by personal choice (verse 16).
Those who willingly submitted themselves for perpetual service would have their ears bored as a sign of permanent servitude and commitment to their masters. Those released were to be sent out with adequate provision to live normal lives (verse 14).
The statutes given to Israel were to regulate their dealing with the less-privileged in the society. Hebrew slaves were treated as humans and not properties. The plan of God for those who are enslaved by the devil through so-called ancestral curses, bad habits, sins of smoking, drunkenness, fornication, immorality, drug abuse, lying, occultism, afflictions and sickness is to set them free.
Christ Jesus paid the redemptive price so that all slaves to sin, Satan and sickness can be freed. Are you enslaved by perpetual bad habit, besetting sins, sickness, affliction, ancestral bondage? You can be free from any and every bondage today if you allow Christ to set you free. Christ has paid for your freedom. He is our sin-Bearer, our Healer, Sanctifier, Baptizer and coming King. Come to Him for total freedom from sin, self and Satan and enjoy the benefits of redemption.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Real freedom comes from Christ.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Samuel 21-22
