DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Daily Manna devotional by Pastor Kumuyi of the Deeper Christain Life Ministry for today is here. Digest the word of the lord and pray believing
TOPIC OF DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL FOR TUESDAY 11TH JUNE IS “ENTHRONE KING JESUS”
BIBLE TEXT: 2 Kings 11:13-21
13. And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.14. And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets; and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.15. But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges; and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.16. And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house; and there was she slain.17. And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’S people; between the king also and the people.18. And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.19. And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.20. And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet; and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house.21. Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
KEY VERSE: 2 Kings 11:17
“And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the people, that they should be the Lord’s people; between the king also and the people.”
DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Abraham Lincoln, one time president of the United States of America made an historic speech on the 11th of February 1861 in Springfield Illinois, where he said: “Unless the great God who assisted President George Washington shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and mighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail, I will succeed. Let us pray that the God of our fathers may not forsake us now”.
The historic legacies of these great men who made indelible impacts in the shaping of present-day America into greatness from the basis of our meditation in today’s passage. Athaliah was overthrown and the rightful king was installed.
The king and the nation needed to return to the Lord and so Jehoiada the priest constrained the new king and the people to make a covenant with the Lord to be His people.
When a nation and her people go against the commandments of the Lord, there is disaster and evil multiplies. Many people and nations of the world today have departed from the rules of order and right which God ordained. There is so much injustice and cruelty in the world.
Although the Scripture enjoins us to forgive those who offends us, it should not lead us to compromise and go against God’s plan and purpose. We should have the mind of Christ and frown at sin, rebellion, corruption and idolatry.
Be patriotic like Jehoiada and make efforts to reconcile people in your nation to Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
Sadly, not everybody knows that Christ died for them. We must therefore tell them that only Christ is qualified to be our King because He made the greatest sacrifice by giving Himself a ransom for us.
Christ is the Redeemer and will remain the Redeemer until the end of the world. His sacrifice is still efficacious because
“whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Acts 2:21).
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Enthrone King Jesus in the lives of many today.
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