DAILY SHOWER October 15, 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: The rewards of the proud
Text: Daniel 5:18-31 (NIV)
"5:18. O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor.
5:19. Because of the high position he gave him, all the peoples and nations and men of every language dreaded and feared him. Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death; those he wanted to spare, he spared; those he wanted to promote, he promoted; and those he wanted to humble, he humbled.
5:20. But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
5:21. He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like cattle; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and sets over them anyone he wishes.
5:22. "But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this.
5:23. Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.
5:24. Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
5:25. "This is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN
5:26. "This is what these words mean: Mene : God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
5:27. Tekel : You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
5:28. Peres : Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians."
5:29. Then at Belshazzar's command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
5:30. That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, was slain,
5:31. and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two."
SHOWER (Reflection):
King Belshazzar became too arrogant that he took over the God's sacred materials and gave them to his households to eat and drink from. They were not eating alone but doing that by showering praises to idols. This same man knew that his father committed similar sin. You can see that even when he was been won of the consequences of his action he did not repent. He rather decided to make more merry. Many are living in this kind of proud and arrogance. The rewards of it are; lost of opportunities, lost of kingdoms, failures, premature death and others.
PRAYER/DECLARATIONS
1. O God, I am Your child. I don't want to live in proud and offend You. Help me to live as obidient child in Jesus name, Amen.
2. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, I command the earth to revolt against my enemies so that they will fall into the pits they set before me and die in Jesus, Amen.
3. God has risen upon me. I will keep marching forward to wear the crown He destined for me today and forever in Jesus name, Amen!!!