DCLM Daily Manna 18 October 2021 Monday Devotional | Vanity Of Human Wisdom
Welcome to Deeper Life Daily Manna for 18th October 2021 written by Pastor W.F. Kumuyi to bless you. May the Lord bless you as you study today. Kindly share with other people.
DCLM DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL FOR 18 OCTOBER 2021 MONDAY
TOPIC: VANITY OF HUMAN WISDOM
TEXT: 2 KINGS 17:1-8
Key Verse: “And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut
him up, and bound him in prison” (2 Kings 17:4).
DCLM Daily Manna 18 October 2021 Monday Devotional | Message
Many people have been misled into taking wrong decisions with terrible consequences in their lives. It is either because they have sought solutions from wrong and self-serving sources or they are not fully persuaded of the stand they have taken over issues. Unfortunately, such actions do not just affect other people’s lives, but also mortgage their eternity, especially when propelled by pecuniary gains or as a response to external pressure or fear. From the passage, King Ahaz had died twelve years ago before Hoshea began to reign in Samaria.
Had Hoshea studied the activities of the kings before him and the consequences of their actions, he would have known the things to avoid and the things to uphold. But he continued in the sinful ways of the kings before him. He neither sought divine help nor protection. Knowing that Assyria had always been a terror, Hoshea decided
to strike an alliance with the king of Egypt. Although he had been paying tribute to the king of Assyria, Shalmaneser, he wanted to align himself with Egypt but it backfired. When he was forging a new deal with the Egyptians, he stopped paying tribute to the Assyrians. He was
arrested and clamped into prison.
The Egyptian king he ran to could not help him. Believers must realise that ultimate help is in God. He is the
present help in times of need. Whatever challenges or threats we may be facing, striking a deal with God is the only sure way of escape. It is lack of wisdom to seek help or protection from ungodly sources. As believers, we must always go to God who alone can indeed help us in all situations.
Thought for Today: It is vain to trust in the help of man.
Bible in one Year: ISAIAH 51 – 55
Thanks for reading Today’s DCLM Daily Manna 18 October 2021 Devotional | Vanity Of Human Wisdom, written by Pastor W.F. Kumuyi.
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