DCLM Daily Manna 14 July 2025 Devotional Message Written By Pastor W.F Kumuyi
Read DCLM Daily Manna Devotional 14th July 2025, Monday Message.
TOPIC: Justice Will Be Served
KEY VERSE:
“Also Edom shall be a desolation: everyone that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.” – (Jeremiah 49:17).
READ: Jeremiah 49:1-22 (ESV)
1 Concerning the Ammonites.
Thus says the Lord:
“Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then has Milcom[a] dispossessed Gad,
and his people settled in its cities?
2 Therefore, behold, the days are coming,
declares the Lord,
when I will cause the battle cry to be heard
against Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate mound,
and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
says the Lord.
3 “Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah!
Put on sackcloth,
lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!
For Milcom shall go into exile,
with his priests and his officials.
4 Why do you boast of your valleys,[b]
O faithless daughter,
who trusted in her treasures, saying,
‘Who will come against me?’
5 Behold, I will bring terror upon you,
declares the Lord God of hosts,
from all who are around you,
and you shall be driven out, every man straight before him,
with none to gather the fugitives.
6 “But afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, declares the Lord.”
7 Concerning Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Is wisdom no more in Teman?
Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom vanished?
8 Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of Dedan!
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,
the time when I punish him.
9 If grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave gleanings?
If thieves came by night,
would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
10 But I have stripped Esau bare;
I have uncovered his hiding places,
and he is not able to conceal himself.
His children are destroyed, and his brothers,
and his neighbors; and he is no more.
11 Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive;
and let your widows trust in me.”
12 For thus says the Lord: “If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. 13 For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”
14 I have heard a message from the Lord,
and an envoy has been sent among the nations:
“Gather yourselves together and come against her,
and rise up for battle!
15 For behold, I will make you small among the nations,
despised among mankind.
16 The horror you inspire has deceived you,
and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,[c]
who hold the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as high as the eagle’s,
I will bring you down from there,
declares the Lord.
17 “Edom shall become a horror. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters. 18 As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, no man shall dwell there, no man shall sojourn in her. 19 Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him[d] run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me? 20 Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 21 At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea. 22 Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains.”
MESSAGE:
From the website of Preaching Today, we find the story of the arrest of a 94-year-old man living for so many decades on a quiet street in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This was a wake-up call for the man’s neighbours. They said they could not have imagined that he was an active collaborator in one of the worst incidents of the Second World War. Federal prosecutors convinced the court that Mr. Berger was part of the S.S. machinery of oppression that kept concentration camp prisoners in atrocious conditions of confinement. This led not only to the injury and emaciation of many of those prisoners but also to their deaths.
We see the terrible judgment pronounced against Ammon and Edom in our text. Ammon forcefully annexed the land of Gad, one of the twelve tribes of Israel, and murdered many of the inhabitants to prevent future opposition or challenge. However, God would not overlook such violence perpetrated against the weak. Therefore, He promised to visit Ammon with terror (verse 2), render their land desolate (verse 3), and drive the inhabitants into captivity (verse 3-5). The richly endowed “flowing valley” with its protective mountains would not provide safety and assistance for the Ammonites even though the Lord would be merciful enough to leave behind a remnant (verse 6).
The sin of Edom, on the other hand, was pride and unforgiving spirit. The Edomites descended from Esau, Jacob’s twin brother. They never forgot or forgave Israel for stealing the birthright of Esau, their progenitor. They sought every opportunity to attack Israel or rejoice at her calamity. To weaken Edom and take away her pride, the Lord promised to give them foolish and incompetent leaders (verse 10). Since Edom relied on its military strength to harass Israel, the Lord promised to send a stronger nation to defeat and humble their nation (verse 16).
No matter how long the sinner tries to hide, God’s judgment will surely find him. The judgment on the two nations highlights the evil of land grabbing and unforgiving spirit. Today, land grabbing is common in agricultural communities. The judgment on Ammon underscores the point that God will always intervene on the side of the truth. Similarly, believers who have received pardon and forgiveness from God are not to harbour grudges or rejoice at the downfall of others. Unforgiving spirit will prevent a believer from getting to heaven.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Every oppressor ends up miserably.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
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About Author – Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.