Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel
Week 26, Day 6
Friday, 2 July, 2021
TOPIC: OUR GOD FORGIVES AND FORGETS: HE KNOWS OUR FRAME
Memory Verse: Ps. 30:5
“5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.”
Bible Reading: Daniel 4:25-27
“25 They shall drive you from men, your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you eat grass like oxen. They shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.
26 “And inasmuch as they gave the command to leave the stump and roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be assured to you, after you come to know that Heaven rules.
27 Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.”
No matter who you are and where you are, God knows about it. When you fight against the righteous and win, it’s for a purpose not because their God couldn’t save them from your hand but because God is using you to punish them, don’t jubilate yet, watch your steps. God put good in evil and evil in good, so when good comes search for the other side in it and when evil comes search for the other side also. This is my point, God has an already made plan to see us through (granting you tolerance) the punishment of our sins.
God for told the sin and the fall of Nebuchadnezzar and also foretell his restoration. He gave him, (The King) the revelation prior everything. Just like saying,
“Son, you will misbehave, and am ganna deal with you seriously, so you can know that I am still the overall God and I can displace, replace and still sustain anyone I want”. The king sinned accordingly through the spirit of pride and the fall came on him mightily. He became an animal for good Seven years, as in, 365 days in seven places, meaning, the throne was empty for Seven years. Hunters saw him in the bush and refuse to kill Him. God is the only one that does what He wants and pleases him, and nobody can change it. Unquestionable God, you are God indeed.
My point today, 1 Corinth. 10:13,
“No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”
God has already provided a way of escape from the sins ahead of us only for us to look up to heaven and accept He’s reign over us
Daniel 4:34
“34 At the end of the seven time periods, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my mind came back to me. I thanked the Most High, and I praised and honored the one who lives forever, because his power lasts forever and his kingdom lasts from one generation to the next.
All you need is to surrender to God totally. He’s aware of those sins before you committed them but he wants you back because He has already forgiven and forgotten them ahead of time. Just go to Him and explain your sins, He’s hand is wide open.
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