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 WEDNESDAY 12TH JUNE IS “GOD IS HIS WORD”
BIBLE TEXT: Ezekiel 17:1-10
1. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,2. Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;3. And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar;4. He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.5. He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.6. And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him; so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.7. There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers; and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.8. It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.9. Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.10. Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
KEY VERSE: Ezekiel 17:1,2
“And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel.”
DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Unknown to many, God’s words are a reflection of His nature. He is everything man is not when it comes to constancy and dependability.
In the text, God sent Ezekiel to put a riddle to Israel after she had despised the oath in breaking His covenant in the previous chapter (Ezekiel 16:59). The riddle was about two eagles and a vine.
The first eagle which had great wings, long winged, full of fathers, with divers colors came to Lebanon and took the highest branch of the cedar. It cropped off the top of his young twigs, took seed of the land and carried it to a land of traffic.
He planted the seed in a fruitful land by great waters, by a willow tree. This seed grew and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, so that the vine was under him. The vine brought forth branches and shot forth sprigs.
There was also the second eagle with great wings and many feathers but the vine did not bend her roots toward him nor shoot her branches toward him so that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
The vine was planted in a good soil by great waters that it might bring forth branches and bear fruits that it might be a goodly vine. The Lord then asked Israel if the vine, though planted, shall grow with the impending danger of its root not being well grounded and the force of the east wind.
This parable illustrated the treachery of Israel in breaking the covenant with the king of Babylon and seeking the assistance of Egypt to break off the yoke of the king of Babylon against the instruction of the Lord.
Having so many witnesses testifying to the faithfulness of God to His promises should embolden us to hold tenaciously to whatever He has said concerning us.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God cannot lie; He is faithful to His words.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Samuel 17-18
