DCLM Daily Manna 13th August 2024 Devotional

DCLM Daily Manna 13th August 2024 Devotional Message Written By Pastor W.F Kumuyi

TOPIC: Aim Higher

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY: Joshua 14:6-15

6 A delegation from the tribe of Judah, led by Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, came to Joshua at Gilgal. Caleb said to Joshua, “Remember what the LORD said to Moses, the man of God, about you and me when we were at Kadesh-barnea.

7 I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the LORD, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to explore the land of Canaan. I returned and gave an honest report,

8 but my brothers who went with me frightened the people from entering the Promised Land. For my part, I wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.

9 So that day Moses solemnly promised me, ‘The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.’

10 “Now, as you can see, the LORD has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old.

11 I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then.

12 So give me the hill country that the LORD promised me. You will remember that as scouts we found the descendants of Anak living there in great, walled towns. But if the LORD is with me, I will drive them out of the land, just as the LORD said.”

13 So Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave Hebron to him as his portion of land.

14 Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite because he wholeheartedly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.

15 (Previously Hebron had been called Kiriath-arba. It had been named after Arba, a great hero of the descendants of Anak.) And the land had rest from war.

KEY VERSE: “Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said” (Joshua 14:12).

DCLM Daily Manna 13th August 2024 MESSAGE

Dr. Ben Carson, the respected American neurosurgeon, is a model to many young people around the world. He has an amazing story and credits his success in life to his mother. She worked three jobs to support herself and her two boys. When Ben was in the fifth grade and came home with an unsatisfactory report card, Sonya, his mother, chose to limit her sons’ television viewing and sent them to the public library. That choice saved their lives.

Caleb also made a brave choice. He desired Hebron, a city garrisoned by the giants. At 85, he requested that Joshua give him the mountain called “invincible”, as his possession, when his age mates would have been retired. He still remembered God’s promise to him when he was just 45. He had brought an encouraging report of faith, along with Joshua, after undertaking a mission to spy on the land of Canaan. He got permission to root out the giants from Hebron, which became his inheritance and that of his children for life.

Caleb was a man of faith who knew no impossibility. He trusted that with God’s help, he would fight and courageously conquer the territory that many dared not seek. He knew that the tougher the battle, the greater the benefits. He seemed to be saying that even if Satan dwelt in Hebron, he was able to capture, occupy and transform it into the city of God. He wanted Hebron or nothing else.

Sonya Carson prepared her sons to aim higher in life by cutting off all distractions to their dreams. Caleb did not ask for the valley; he set his sight on the mountain. You must cut off the distraction of those who do not believe in your goal and focus on your dreams in order to get to higher grounds successfully.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Stick to what is written concerning you.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: JOB 16-18

DCLM Daily Manna 13th August 2024 Devotional was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria

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DCLM Daily Manna 13th August 2024 Devotional – Aim Higher