DLCM DAILY MANNA - USEFUL BEAUTIFUL GARMENT

DLCM DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL

USEFUL BEAUTIFUL GARMENT

20^TH  , AUGUST 2022

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Daniel 1-2

TEXT:  Isaiah 52:1-8

1 Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean Shall no longer come to you.
2 Shake yourself from the dust, arise; Sit down, O Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion!

3 For thus says the Lord: “You have sold yourselves for nothing, And you shall be redeemed without money.”

4 For thus says the Lord God: “My people went down at first Into Egypt to [a]dwell there; Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
5 Now therefore, what have I here,” says the Lord, “That My people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them ]Make them wail,” says the Lord, “And My name is blasphemed continually every day.
6 Therefore My people shall know My name; Therefore they shall know in that day That I am He who speaks: ‘Behold, it is I.’ ”

7 How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
8 Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, With their voices they shall sing together; For they shall see eye to eye When the Lord brings back Zion.

 

 

 

KEY VERSE:

“Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.”   -  Isaiah 52:1

 

 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

Use what you have before it decays and loses its usefulness.

 

 

THE MESSAGE:                                                                                     

An author wrote, "Unused money devalues, unused talent diminishes, unused time dies and unused knowledge becomes a burden. The tragedy of life isn't the ultimate death but the resources that die within you when you are still alive." Our world is littered with unused talents and resources. As the author rightly observed, many useful talents and ideas eventually go waste when not used on times.

 

The children of Israel were looking for external help when all they needed had been provided. So Isaiah challenged them to wake up to their responsibility. They must put on their hitherto unused beautiful garment and their strength. They must also awake from their despondency and distrust, break away from their slavery mentality and look unto God that was working for them hitherto. The prophet pointed out that they sold themselves cheap to the enemy and the Assyrians took advantage of them. God then promised to deliver them if they would return to Him.

 

Christians today are busy carrying out many good causes, but neglecting the primary task that Jesus gave them. We have all that we need but many are still waiting for a more convenient time to do the work of God.

 

The tragedy of unused garment or talent is that they soon lose their usefulness. The promised restoration of Zion would be a mirage if Israel would continue to sleep instead of making their ways right with God. Delay is dangerous for every saint and unused garment might soon be unusable by God.

 

 

 

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

 

 

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