Scripture Union Daily Guide 28th January 2025 (Tuesday) Devotional Message
TOPIC: The Spirit for Leadership
OPENING PRAYER: Grant me depth of insight, revelation and knowledge as I meditate on this passage, O Lord.
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: Numbers 11:21-35
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
► Q2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
► Q5: Is there any warning for me to heed?
► Q7: What truth is God revealing to me in this passage?
Scripture Union Daily Guide 28th January 2025 – OUTLINE
God is not a respecter of any person. All He desires is our availability. He will then equip us for the discharge of our responsibilities. God graciously came to the aid of Moses by choosing and consecrating seventy elders who received some of the Spirit that was upon Moses (Numbers 11:25). There is no substitute for God’s Spirit for every leader. Jesus emphasized it (Acts 1:8). Note that the temporary gift of prophecy on the elders was an anointing to judge and govern and not to prophesy (Numbers 11:25b).
Unlike Joshua, Moses was neither jealous nor consider these other leaders as competitors (Numbers 11:28-29). Consider the power struggles present in the body of Christ today.
God fulfilled His promise to the people in Numbers 11:18-20 by the provision of quails (Numbers 11:31-32). Notice their abundance – “All that day and night and all the next day the people gathered quail” (Numbers 11:32). God often grants the desire of His own people in love and sometimes embarrasses us with what He provides for us! He granted their request but notice the consequence they suffered (Numbers 11:33, see also Psalms 105:14-15).
And So:
How can God’s provision of manna and quail in this story help you build a correct relationship with Him?
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Offer a prayer of faith in line with: Deuteronomy 28:1
Closing Prayer: May I never doubt your ability to do what I can hardly imagine or ask, my Lord and God.
One Bible Reading Guide:
Genesis 50, Psalms 23-24.
PRAYER BULLETIN – Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
PRAYER FOCUS
SISTERS WING OF THE UNION
A wise woman builds her own house, but the foolish pulls it down with her own hands. Prov. 14:1
THANK GOD FOR:
* All Sisters in SU Nigeria, married, singles, widows and for the strategic position He has placed them in his body • Helping them to contribute their quota in no small measure to the vision of this ministry • The lives of the older women who have been a source of inspiration and encouragement to the younger ones
PRAY FOR:
* Wisdom for all married sisters to build their homes in righteousness • Grace for the older women to be able to encourage and draw the younger ones to sister’s fellowship • Them to increase in grace and in the knowledge of God.
Scripture Union is an international, interdenominational, evangelical Christian organization. It was founded in 1867, and works in partnership with individuals and churches across the world. The organization’s stated aim is to use the Bible to inspire children, young people and adults to know God. (Scripture Union Daily Guide 28th January 2025)