DCLM Daily Manna 1 May 2022 Devotional By Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Faithful Workers

TOPIC: Faithful Workers (DCLM Daily Manna 1 May 2022)

TEXT: 2 Kings 12:1-16 (KJV)

1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the Lord,

5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.

6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the Lord: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.

10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the Lord.

11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the Lord,

12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the Lord bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord:

14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord.

15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.

16 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the Lord: it was the priests’.

KEY VERSE: “But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD. Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.” – (2 Kings 12:14,15)

MESSAGE:

There was a security guard with a leading commercial bank in Lagos, Nigeria, who accidentally found a sum of $10,000 in the premises left by a customer. He promptly returned the money to the bank management. The Managing Director of the bank then said, “When I heard about this story, I knew I had to meet the man who despite facing rising petrol and transportation prices returned such a huge sum of money without recourse to himself.” Men and women of integrity are highly needed in the world.

Young King Joash wisely chose to repair the house of the Lord in line with the counsel of Jehoiada the priest. Fund for the project was solicited and raised directly by the people. The priests faithfully monitored the contributions and gave the money to the supervisors overseeing the repair work. The work then progressed as expected. The faithful workers now have their act of honesty recorded in the Scripture for all to emulate.

Accountability is dying out in the lives of many so-called Christians today. Whether in their personal or public life, they cannot be trusted with money. Many who hold public offices cannot be trusted to carry out their responsibilities faithfully without close monitoring.

Faithful workers are needed everywhere; from church to places of secular service. Indeed, the more delicate an assignment, the greater the need for faithful men and women who, like Daniel in Babylon, will show forth the glory of God wherever they are.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
A faithful man shall abound with blessings.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
1 Samuel 10-11

DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.

DCLM Daily Manna 28 April 2022 Devotional By Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Deadliness Of Contagion

TOPIC: Deadliness Of Contagion (DCLM Daily Manna 28 April 2022)

TEXT: Leviticus 14:33-57 (KJV)

33 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;

35 And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:

36 Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:

37 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;

38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:

39 And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;

40 Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:

41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:

42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.

43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;

44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean.

45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.

46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.

47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

48 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.

49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:

51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:

52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.

54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,

56 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:

57 To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.

KEY VERSE: “And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house.” – (Leviticus 14:35)

MESSAGE:

The family is a core unit that builds up the societal fabric. Its physical or spiritual wellbeing denotes the health of the nation or church. Recently, a mother came home with severe fever and was treating herself for malaria without carrying out necessary tests. Within days, the entire household was having same feverish condition. Eventually, clinical test confirmed it was not just malaria.

Leprosy is a painless but highly infectious disease, which incapacitates the individual. Invasive by nature, it easily affects all the diseased associates. No wonder God stipulated to the Israelites what householders must do to ensure living in a hygienically disease-free environment. The priests, as representatives of God, had the responsibility of investigating any reported case within the community.

While leprosy might not be prevalent today, there are other contagions that are equally as deadly. Within the family, therefore, everyone should take responsibility and observe all stipulated protocols to keep diseases at bay. Professional assistance should be engaged, where necessary, to deal with any nascent health issue.

God’s desire is, “that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth” (3 John 1:2). But sickness in families could be a consequence of divine displeasure. Like leprosy, sin is contagious, deadly to the body and damning to the soul. It must be nipped in the bud. Obeying God’s word ensures wholesome health of spirit, soul and body.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Take responsibility for your body and soul.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
1 Samuel 3-5

DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.