DAILY SHOWER August 27, 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, show me Your way, and assist me to follow it to the end in Jesus name, Amen_
TODAY’S TOPIC: Beware of friend enemies
Text: 2 Samuel 16:15-23 (NIV):
"16:15. Meanwhile, Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
16:16. Then Hushai the Arkite, David's friend, went to Absalom and said to him, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"
16:17. Absalom asked Hushai, "Is this the love you show your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"
16:18. Hushai said to Absalom, "No, the one chosen by the LORD, by these people, and by all the men of Israel--his I will be, and I will remain with him.
16:19. Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should I not serve the son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you."
16:20. Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give us your advice. What should we do?"
16:21. Ahithophel answered, "Lie with your father's concubines whom he left to take care of the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench in your father's nostrils, and the hands of everyone with you will be strengthened."
16:22. So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he lay with his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
16:23. Now in those days the advice Ahithophel gave was like that of one who inquires of God. That was how both David and Absalom regarded all of Ahithophel's advice."
SHOWER (Reflection):
They may appear to you submissive, appealing or humane. But if you look down well, you will discover their true colour. Ahithophel was a friend and adviser to King David. When Absalom took over through a house coup, he pitched interest with him. But not as a good adviser. He became a bad one, one of those who led to his downfall too. That is a price you paid for fighting your elder or father. And also a lesson to beware of people you mingle with at every time.
PRAYER/DECLARATIONS
1. O God, make me to understand my immediate environment so as to distinguish between and among my friends in Jesus name, Amen.
2. O God do not allow me to be deceived my friends into causing commotions at home or anywhere in Jesus name, Amen.
3. I move on today to conquer and prosper in Jesus name, Amen.