DLCM DAILY MANNA-THE CHOICE IS YOURS

DAILY MANNA DAILY DEVOTIONAL

THE CHOICE IS YOURS

26^TH ,APRIL 2022

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalm 139-150

TEXT: Jeremiah 21:1-14
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,

2 “Please inquire of the Lord for us, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps the Lord will deal with us according to all His wonderful works, that the king may go away from us.”

3 Then Jeremiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to Zedekiah,

4 ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: “Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls; and I will assemble them in the midst of this city.

5 I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger and fury and great wrath.

6 I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they shall die of a great pestilence.

7 And afterward,” says the Lord, “I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence and the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword. He shall not spare them, or have pity or mercy.” ’

8 “Now you shall say to this people, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

9 He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him.

10 For I have set My face against this city for adversity and not for good,” says the Lord. “It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.” ’

11 “And concerning the house of the king of Judah, say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord,

12 O house of David! Thus says the Lord: “Execute judgment in the morning; And deliver him who is plundered Out of the hand of the oppressor,

Lest My fury go forth like fire And burn so that no one can quench it, Because of the evil of your doings.

13 “Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, And rock of the plain,” says the Lord, “Who say, ‘Who shall come down against us?

Or who shall enter our dwellings?’

14 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,” says the Lord; “I will kindle a fire in its forest, And it shall devour all things around it.” ’ ”

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KEY VERSE: Jeremiah 21:8

“And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

Wrong choice is cheap; its consequence is not.

THE MESSAGE:

God created man as a free moral agent, with the capacity and ability to make choices. King David advised his son Solomon to “know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: ...if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.” While some choices in life might be hard to make, others are very simple due to godly counsel. Later in life, Solomon learnt the verity of his father’s counsel.

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Zedekiah the king of Judah and his people had revolted against the Babylonians whom God had sent as a chastening rod because of their idolatry. Jeremiah therefore prophesied against the city. As punishment, the people were to submit to God’s decreed enslavement by the Chaldeans and live or refuse and starve to death in the city. The decision was theirs to make.

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In life, every decision we make is a choice. We either obey God and enjoy His blessings or disobey and be punished. Since we are responsible for our choices, blind decisions are unwise. To make informed decisions, one ought to be conversant with God’s word: the repository of wisdom. The Bible is the Christian’s compass as he navigates through choices that have earthly and eternal consequences.

In the matter of life or death, delayed decision could have irreversible consequences. Choosing the way of life begins with genuine repentance from sin. If we come to Christ, the Way, the Truth and the Life, He will lead us to the Father.

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DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

©2022 DAILY MANNA IS a daily devotional by PASTOR W.F KUMUYI (General Overseer, DEEPER LIFE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY )