ARROGANCE OF UNBELIEVERS: Devotion for Monday April 27, 2020

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Devotion for Monday April 27, 2020

Topic: ARROGANCE OF UNBELIEVERS               

Text: 2 Kings 18:26 – 37                           

A proud and arrogant man has no place in God’s plan. God hates pride and arrogance (James 4:6 & 1 Peter 5:5). When God sees any atom of pride in you, He will not use you for anything; He will not answer your prayers rather His grace will depart and your fall will be mighty. Remember the story of Haman against Mordecai. As Christians, we should as a matter of priority remove pride and arrogance from our lives if we intend to please God and enjoy His benevolence.

From our text, we saw the arrogance and pride of Rabshakeh an officer sent by Sennacherib king of Assyria to Hezekiah. We can see from 2 Kings 18 verse 17, that Rabshakeh is an office and not name of a person. Their speaker spoke arrogantly because they don’t know the God of Israel. He compared God of Israel to gods of other land that cannot deliver. After all the display of pride and arrogance, Hezekiah’s men didn’t utter a word. No wonder people say that silence is the best answer to a fool.

In chapter 19, we saw how God discomfited and chased them away. WHO CAN BATTLE WITH THE LORD? This is how unbelievers boast and send threats against believers but at last God will always put them to shame. Are people threatening because they feel they are greater than you? Your God of Israel will disgrace them.

Food for Thought: Who can battle with the Lord?

Memory verse: 2 Kings 18:29 

Prayer: Remove arrogance and pride from me O Lord because no one can battle with you.

A CHALLENGING TESTIMONY

A CHALLENGING TESTIMONY      Monday July 13, 2015

Text: 2 Chronicle 31:11 – 20           Memory verse: v 20

Hezekiah showed care concerning Temple matters, having put them into good order, to keep them so.  The tithes and other holy things being brought in, he provided, that they should be carefully laid up, and not left exposed in loose heaps, liable to be wasted and embezzled. He ordered store chambers to be made ready in some of the courts of the temple (v 11) and into them the offerings were brought and there kept under lock and key. Again they should be faithfully laid out; according to the uses they were intended for (v 14).

Robin Sharma says, “You don’t need a title to lead.” There are areas in our families, villages, churches, offices, neighbourhood, etc that are calling for reforms and attention. What are you doing about it? A true child of God should step in and use as opportunity to make name for God and himself. Hezekiah saw the rot and he acted immediately. God is waiting on you to act on the moral rot in your family and other places you find yourself.

Action: Think of how you can bring spiritual reforms in your family, place of work or neighbourhood and act on them.

Prayer: Lord, help me to make necessary reforms in my life, family and neighbourhood in Jesus name.