The Daily Fountain Daily Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 1 October 2019 – Judgment Is Inevitable!
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TOPIC: Judgment Is Inevitable!
READ: Jeremiah 24:1-10 King James Version (KJV)
- The Lord showed me, and there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord , after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
- One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
- Then the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad.”
- Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
- “Thus says the Lord , the God of Israel: ‘Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge those who are carried away captive from Judah, whom I have sent out of this place for their own good, into the land of the Chaldeans.
- For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land; I will build them and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up.
- Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord ; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.
- ‘And as the bad figs which cannot be eaten, they are so bad’—surely thus says the Lord —‘so will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, his princes, the residue of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.
- I will deliver them to trouble into all the kingdoms of the earth, for their harm, to be a reproach and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
- And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they are consumed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’ ”
THE MESSAGE:
Today’s passage reveals that judgment came, and was to come upon Judah as a whole; the entire nation would feel the pain of it. Yet that did not mean that everyone in Judah was the same in God’s eyes. Some were like the good figs and were essentially sent out of Judah to Babylon for their own good. Judgment upon a nation or community means that all suffer, even those who may be individually innocent of the sins that brought God’s judgment. What God said to Jeremiah through the two baskets of figs implies that even when all suffer under a national judgment, God still knows the difference between those caught up in the judgment and those who brought down the judgment.
Just like those who remained in Jerusalem and seemed to have been exonerated from the national calamity would suffer precariously, so also corrupt individuals who currently feel at ease in Nigeria will drink their full cups of suffering at the fullness of time. You may dodge your responsibility but you may not dodge the consequences of dodging your responsibility.
PRAYER: Lord, please deliver our nation from corrupt leaders and followers.
PRAYER POINTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER
- Thank God for His guidance these 58 years as an independent nation.
- Thank God for defeating your foes and giving you victory over challenges of life.
- Confess your sins of lack of faith and unbelief in God.
- Pray for the government officials at the Federal, State and Local government. Pray for the President, his Vice, members of Legislature both Federal and State, members of Judiciary both Federal and State. Pray that the Spirit of God will direct their policies and its implementation for the benefits of the masses.
- Pray against Boko Haram and its sponsors. Pray that God will frustrate their efforts and agenda.
- Pray for God to assist the government in fighting corruption. Pray for all the agencies that fight corruption. Pray that it would not be political witch-hunt.
- Pray for the success of DIVCCON this year. Pray for all the resource persons and participants.
- Pray that God will keep them safe as they come and go.
- Thank God for the year ending and ask Him to keep us safe in the coming year. Pray and cancel every cause of leaking blessings in your life, business and career.
- Pray and command every spiritual hole in your life to be closed.
- Lord open up all the good doors of my life that I may enter my rest.
- Pray that every sickness in your life will receive termination in the name of Jesus.
- Pray that God will uproot evil things from your life and plant good things there.
