DAILY SHOWER January 20, 2023 Devotion and Declarations
Prayer before the Word:
_ O God, I thank You for yet another day. I magnify Your name because You are my God and all I have. Please, use me according to Your will and prosper me in Jesus name, Amen_
TODAY’S TOPIC: Do not celebrate amiss
Text: 2 Samuel 4:5-12 (NIV):
4:5. "Now Recab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth, and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest.
4:6. They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
4:7. They had gone into the house while he was lying on the bed in his bedroom. After they stabbed and killed him, they cut off his head. Taking it with them, they traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
4:8. They brought the head of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who tried to take your life. This day the LORD has avenged my lord the king against Saul and his offspring."
4:9. David answered Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, "As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of all trouble,
4:10. when a man told me, 'Saul is dead,' and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news!
4:11. How much more--when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed--should I not now demand his blood from your hand and rid the earth of you!"
4:12. So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and feet and hung the bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-Bosheth and buried it in Abner's tomb at Hebron."
SHOWER (Reflection):
Beware of your actions towards people especially those you trust. If care is not taken, many may kill you with their stupidity. They come with emotional thoughts to arrest you. If you resist them, you shall be celebrated. David, in our today's bible passage, was able to resist them. He did this not minding various plans of king Saul to kill or harm him while alive. Now when his followers killed an innocent man thinking that David will jubilate. But he resisted that in order to respect and keep to his promises. That is what defines a true Christian. Let's rise and serve God in a similar love.
PRAYER/DECLARATIONS
1. O God, my father, do not allow me to celebrate amiss God's plan for me no matter what the world present to me ...in Jesus name, Ame Jesus name, Amen!
2. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, i dismantle every wicked foundation affecting my life...in Jesus name, Amen.
3. O God arise and devour my devourers in Jesus name, amen.