DCLM Daily Manna 8 October 2025 Devotional By Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — See, Hear, Ponder And Declare
TOPIC: See, Hear, Ponder And Declare (DCLM Daily Manna 8 October 2025)
KEY VERSE: “And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel” (Ezekiel 40:4)
TEXT: Ezekiel 40:1-19 (KJV)
1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me thither.
2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
12 The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement.
19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
MESSAGE:
In what is regarded as the deadliest aviation accident in history, in 1977, two Boeing 747 jumbo jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) in the Canary Islands. The collision resulted in the death of 583 people. It turned out that there was a miscommunication and misunderstanding of instructions between air traffic control and the pilots of KLM and Pan Am flights.
This led to the KLM aircraft attempting to take off while the Pan Am plane was still taxing on the runway. Across various domains, misunderstanding instructions can have serious consequences. This is why, in today’s text, Ezekiel was urged to pay complete attention to the instruction he was about to be given. Twenty five years into their captivity, Ezekiel saw a vision in which he was brought to a high mountain in Israel. Fourteen years earlier, Jerusalem had been destroyed along with Israel’s magnificent temple. In the vision, he was shown a new Jerusalem, with its temple and the accompanying features of worship. An angel was assigned to him to measure the specifications of the new city and temple while he was required to record the details, presumably to serve as a guide for the construction of the new temple. He was to record the details outlined to him, noting the exact specifications and measurements of every part of the building.
Generally, the vision was meant to encourage the exiled Jews to look forward with hope. It also pointed to the blessed restorations that would be ushered in by the gospel dispensation under the headship of Jesus Christ, the Messiah. We, too, should learn an important lesson from the instruction to Ezekiel by the angel.
The Lord has a purpose in revealing His word to you. He wants you to share the Word and the vision with others. But this can only be done if you properly understand God’s word. This means that you must “behold with (your) eyes, and hear with (your) ears, and set your heart” upon all that the Lord reveals to you.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
More damage is done by ill-informed messengers.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Isaiah 9-12
Deeper Life 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.
