DCLM Daily Manna 5th July 2025 Devotional Message Written By Pastor W.F Kumuyi
Read DCLM Daily Manna Devotional 5th July 2025, Saturday Message.
TOPIC: FAITHFUL MEN FOR HOLY TASKS
KEY VERSE: “And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God” (2 Chronicles 31:20).
SCRIPTURE READING: 2 CHRONICLES 31:11-21
11 Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them. 12 And they faithfully brought in the contributions, the tithes, and the dedicated things. The chief officer in charge of them was Conaniah the Levite, with Shimei his brother as second, 13 while Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers assisting Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the chief officer of the house of God. 14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the east gate, was over the freewill offerings to God, to apportion the contribution reserved for the Lord and the most holy offerings. 15 Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah were faithfully assisting him in the cities of the priests, to distribute the portions to their brothers, old and young alike, by divisions, 16 except those enrolled by genealogy, males from three years old and upward—all who entered the house of the Lord as the duty of each day required—for their service according to their offices, by their divisions. 17 The enrollment of the priests was according to their fathers’ houses; that of the Levites from twenty years old and upward was according to their offices, by their divisions. 18 They were enrolled with all their little children, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, the whole assembly, for they were faithful in keeping themselves holy. 19 And for the sons of Aaron, the priests, who were in the fields of common land belonging to their cities, there were men in the several cities who were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to everyone among the Levites who was enrolled.
20 Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. 21 And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered.
DCLM Daily Manna 5th July 2025 – MESSAGE
After the tragic bombing of a marine base in October 1983, the steadfastness of one young soldier moved and heartened the Americans back home. He had been critically wounded in the explosion of the revamped hotel where he and his fellow marines had been staying. Many of his buddies had been killed. He was covered in bandages, and a jungle of tubes was attached to his body. He could not speak. Yet when he was visited by General Paul Kelly, Commandant of the Marine Corps, he indicated that he wanted to write something. Painfully, he wrote the words semper fi, a shortened form of the US Marine motto, Semper Fidelis, which means, ‘Always faithful.
In today’s text, King Hezekiah sought and found faithful men to be officers in the kingdom business despite Israel’s spiritual and moral declension. His predecessors had long forgotten the worship of God. Still, he distinguished himself to seek God and please Him. It is on record that he appointed faithful and God-fearing men to oversee the kingdom’s affairs and ensured equitable distribution of materials as stipulated by the law.
Faithfulness is germane in human endeavours for efficiency and progress, at home, in schools, organisations, business circles, marriages, and most notably in the church of the living God. It is God’s demand for all who wish to serve Him. “Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful” (1 Corinthians 4:2). Faithfulness implies integrity, honesty, and reliability. God needs regenerated, sanctified men and women in His service.
The Old and New Testaments stipulate that as a condition for service in the house of God. His word should be the standard when appointing ministers or workers to officiate in God’s house, such as pastors, choristers, instrumentalists, ushers, finance officers, or any other office. Those to serve at any level must be men and women of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom.
Hezekiah succeeded in every work he did. You can also have the same testimony if you are determined to serve God with all your heart, pleasing Him despite the moral and spiritual decadence around the world.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: In the service of the Lord, the demand for faithful brethren is still very high.
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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.