DCLM Daily Manna 16 November 2019 Devotional By Pastor W.F Kumuyi – Watch What You Say
TOPIC: Watch What You Say
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TEXT: Numbers 14:26-39
26. And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
27. How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
28. Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you;
29. Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
30. Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
31. But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
32. But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
33. And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
34. After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
35. I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me; in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
36. And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
37. Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
38. But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
39. And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel; and the people mourned greatly.
DCLM Daily Manna 16 November 2019 – Watch What You Say
KEY VERSE:
“Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:” – (Numbers 14:28).
MESSAGE:
There was a great famine in Samaria because the Syrian army had besieged the city. It was so serious that two women arranged to eat their sons. Then Elisha, the man of God prophesied that within twenty four hours there would be such abundance of food which would be sold so cheaply at the gate of Samaria. A lord on whom the king leaned asked if such a thing could be, even if God were to open a window in heaven. He was told that he would see it but would not eat of it. He saw it but did not eat of it. He died the next day because of his rash words.
The children of Israel had accepted the evil report of the ten out of the twelve spies, which put fear in their hearts. In response to their unbelief and negative pronouncements, God promised that all they had spoken concerning their inability to enter the land would be so done to them.
The tongue, though a little member of the body can bring good or evil in the life of man, depending on its usage. Many, like the Shunammite woman and the centurion brought blessings to their lives by the proper use of their tongues. Others like Miriam, the forty two children that mocked Elisha and the servant who received one talent from his master and not only failed to use it, but insulted him, brought judgment on themselves with their tongue.
How do you use your tongue? Do you backbite, gossip, find fault and curse? Do you use it to encourage and edify the Body of Christ, seeking the glory of God? Caleb and Joshua entered the Land of Promise because they believed they would and confessed it. Believers are to live by faith, confessing the promises of God always so that they can have whatever they say.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
What you say is what you get.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Ezekiel 18-21
DCLM Daily Manna 16 November 2019 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.
