ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS.

Wednesday 1st November, 2023.

Topic: Wake Up And Stand.

Memory Verse: Judges 6:14. But God faced him directly: “Go in this strength that is yours. Save Israel from Midian. Haven’t I just sent you?”

Bible Reading: Judges 6:11-13 MSG. Key Verse: v13.

One day the angel of God came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, whose son Gideon was threshing wheat in the winepress, out of sight of the Midianites. The angel of God appeared to him and said,”God is with you,O mighty warrior!” Gideon replied, “With me, my master? If God is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all the miracle-wonders our parents and grandparents told us about, telling us, ‘Didn’t God deliver us from Egypt?’ The fact is, God has nothing to do with us—he has turned us over to Midian.”

This time the people of Israel sinned against God and he permitted their enemies (the Midianites) to ravage them like locusts for good seven years. The Midianites made life very unbearable for the people of Israel to a point where they had to live abnormal lives in caves and places like that. “Midian overpowered Israel. Because of Midian, the People of Israel made for themselves hideouts in the mountains—caves and forts. When Israel planted its crops, Midian and Amalek, the easterners, would invade them, camp in their fields, and destroy their crops all the way down to Gaza. They left nothing for them to live on, neither sheep nor ox nor donkey.” Judges 6:2-4.

The negative activities of the Midianites against the people of Israel resulted in hunger and famine. Israel began to forget the God they had and what he could do because of the terror of their enemies. “Bringing their cattle and tents, they came in and took over, like an invasion of locusts. And their camels—past counting! They marched in and devastated the country. The People of Israel, reduced to grinding poverty by Midian, cried out to God for help. One time when the People of Israel had cried out to God because of Midian,”

When Israel woke from slumber and began to call on God for help, God raised a prophet to remind them of how he delivered them from the hands of the enemies in the past. Sometimes we run into trouble because of our mistakes. Even at that, anytime we retrace our steps back to God, he always shows mercy. A man like Gideon was trying to hide from the Midianites like every other person, without realising that he was the deliverer that Israel prayed and waited for. The angel of God had to visit him to activate the assignment, as well as help him realise and pursue divine purpose. Today some of us reading this are running helter skelter looking for who will deliver us, our families and generation, when we are the real delivers men and God is wanting for to wake up and stand to make things happen in our generation.

Prayer: Thank you Father God for raising me to be a blessing and a deliverer to my family, people and generation. As I take a stand in your name for kingdom sake, reveal your mighty works in me and through me, till your will ptevails and your kingdom is established in Jesus precious name…. Amen 🙏🏿.

Yearly Bible Reading : Acts 16:1-15.

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