The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 19 July 2025 — God’s Ways Are Not Your Ways
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TOPIC: God’s Ways Are Not Your Ways
READ: 2 Samuel 4:9-12 (NKJV)
- But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “[As] the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all adversity,
- “when someone told me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I arrested him and had him executed in Ziklag — the one who [thought] I would give him a reward for [his] news.
- “How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth?”
- So David commanded his young men, and they executed them, cut off their hands and feet, and hanged [them] by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried [it] in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.
THE MESSAGE:
Our text today presents us with the unexpected outcome of the actions of Rechab and Baanah in killing Ishboseth and cutting off his head. Both of them perceived that David had been prepared by God to be king over all Israel. But David was shocked and disappointed that these people could go that length to show their support for him to become king. He considered their action a sin against God. David did not see bloodshed as a proper approach to gaining the throne. When he had an earlier opportunity of murdering Saul, he had held back. He would not kill to seize authority. Rechab and Baanah met the greatest disappointment of their lives as the king sentenced them to death. They thought they were helping David to the throne but ended up losing their own lives. God alone was enough to bring David to the throne His own way.
Beloved, you are expected to prayerfully watch your actions. No one can help God. He is sufficiently able to do great things for you, without any form of manipulations. What seems right or acceptable before men could be an abomination before the Lord. The counsel of the Lord shall definitely stand. God’s ways are not your ways. When you do God’s work in line with His Word and leading, you will have peace, fulfilment and joy.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, please help me to do Your work Your own way in Jesus’ Name.
PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY’S DAILY FOUNTAIN DEVOTIONAL
DATE: SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2025
TOPIC: GOD’S WAYS ARE NOT YOUR WAYS
- Father in the name of Jesus, thank You for the grace to see this new day, the two hundred days in the year 2025 in good health, sound mind and in joy.
- Father, thank You for the special gift of life, many wished to see this new month,but they couldn’t.
- Thank You Jesus for being there for us, Your children.
- Thank You Lord for Your plans for me this year. They are plans of good, not of evil, to give me a good and successful end.
- Father, please forgive me all my known and unknown sins, and let no sin reign over my life this year, in Jesus’ name.
- Holy Spirit, help me not to sin against God while trying to please men, in Jesus’ name.
- LORD, You are more than enough for me to take me to the place of my destiny fulfilment, in Jesus’ name.
- I receive grace to prayerfully watch my actions, in Jesus’ name.
- Holy Spirit, help me to do God’s work in line with His word and leading that I may have peace, fulfilment and joy, in Jesus’ name.
- Holy Spirit, help me to have a deep, flourishing and an unbroken relationship with God, in Jesus name
- LORD, help me to get my life right this year, and let Your perfect will be enforced on me, in Jesus’ name
- LORD, help us to get it right in Nigeria, and let Your perfect will be enforced on us in Jesus’ name.
- Heavenly Father, let Your peace continue to reign in every part of this country,
- Whether the devil likes it or not, I will make heaven and receive my eternal rewards in Jesus’ Name.
- This is the day the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
- Personal and family prayer requests.
- Confession: God bless the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), God bless the Universal Church, and God bless our country Nigeria -1 Chronicles 17:27.
- Thank You Lord for answered prayers, in Jesus’ Mighty Name we pray. Amen.
