DCLM Daily Manna 24th July 2021 – More Than The Bargain; written by Pastor W.F Kumuyi
DCLM DAILY MANNA FOR SATURDAY 24 JULY 2021
TOPIC: MORE THAN THE BARGAIN
TEXT: 1 Kings 17:17-24
KEY VERSE: “And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.” – (1 Kings 17:23)
DCLM Daily Manna 24th July 2021 Today’s Outline:
There is something amazing about the principle of Sowing and Reaping; the sower usually gets more than he bargains for when sowing. Think about it; when you plant a seed of corn, you do not just harvest a seed! At the least, you get the stalk with several combs of corn. How that happens is still a wonder. We find the truth in this principle playing out in our daily living. We reap usually more than we sow.
This truth plays out in the life of this poor widow in the passage under consideration. She had stepped out in faith when she agreed to share with Elijah the last meal she was preparing for herself and her son. As a result, she got a miracle of abundant supply of food, which lasted all through the period of famine. She got even more than that. Her only son in our reading today who took ill and died was revived by the man of God when she cried out to him. So, more than just getting enough food supply, she got her dead son back to life. It was far more than she bargained!
- DCLM Daily Manna for Saturday 24 July 2021
How encouraging this is! This should motivate us to desire to always sow something positive to other people’s lives. The return may not necessarily be in the same kind, but it will certainly come in far exceeding proportion of what we gave. So then, “Do all the good you can; by all the means you can; in all the ways you can; in all the places you can; at all the times you can; to all the people you can and as long as ever you can”!
However, this does not only apply to doing good. There is payback time for every sin committed. When you sow evil, you will get far more than you bargained. But you can clear all these deficits when you repent of them and accept the Lord Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour. Will you not rather do it now?
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Whatever you sow today, you will surely reap tomorrow.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Chronicles 18-21
Thank you for reading Today’s DCLM Daily Manna 24th July 2021 – More Than The Bargain, written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi. God bless you!
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