DAILY SHOWER July 18, 2022 Devotion and Declarations
Prayer before the Word:
_ O God, my King, my Your name be highly glorified for the gift of life. Forgive my trespasses. Please, shower me with Your unmerited favour. Show me Your way, and assist me to follow it to the end in Jesus name, Amen_
TODAY’S TOPIC: Ashamed by His divine intervention
Text: Ezra 8:21-31 (NIV):
"8:21. There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
8:22. I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, "The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him."
8:23. So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.8:24. Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah and ten of their brothers,
8:25. and I weighed out to them the offering of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his advisers, his officials and all Israel present there had donated for the house of our God.
8:26. I weighed out to them 650 talents of silver, silver articles weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,
8:27. 20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics, and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.
8:28. I said to them, "You as well as these articles are consecrated to the LORD. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.
8:29. Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests and the Levites and the family heads of Israel."
8:30. Then the priests and Levites received the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.
8:31. On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way."
SHOWER (Reflection):
When the journey of life becomes tough, make it calm by calling for God's intervention. Our God is usually wonderful. Ezra called for a fast so as to submit themselves to God. And God did intervene. His intervention made Ezra to become ashamed of calling for soldiers, police and other security operatives for protection. O yes. He felt there was no need of demanding for a security from the world after obtaining favour and spirit security. What is that situation of life you think you can't handle? Call for God divine intervention now! That will make all difference!!!
PRAYER/DECLARATIONS
1. O God, I'm available today. Come around and secure me. And I shall match on without obstacles in Jesus name, Amen.
2. I'm God's servant. He is my security and safety. All my weaknesses He has made perfect that I shall live and prospers in Jesus name, Amen!
*3. I hereby decree and declare open door and divine acceleration in Jesus name, Amen.