DCLM Daily Manna Devotional 3 June 2025 Message Written By Pastor W.F Kumuyi
Read DCLM Daily Manna Devotional 3 June 2025, Tuesday Message.
TOPIC: Abandoned By God
KEY VERSE:
“Moreover, all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee.” – (Deuteronomy 28:45).
READ: Deuteronomy 28:45-57 (NKJV)
45 “Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you [a]did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. 46 And they shall be upon you for a sign and a wonder, and on your descendants forever.
47 “Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything, 48 therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything; and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you. 49 The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand, 50 a nation of fierce countenance, which does not respect the elderly nor show favor to the young. 51 And they shall eat the increase of your livestock and the produce of your land, until you are destroyed; they shall not leave you grain or new wine or oil, or the increase of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they have destroyed you.
52 “They shall besiege you at all your gates until your high and fortified walls, in which you trust, come down throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you at all your gates throughout all your land which the Lord your God has given you. 53 You shall eat the [b]fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters whom the Lord your God has given you, in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you. 54 The [c]sensitive and very refined man among you will[d] be hostile toward his brother, toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the rest of his children whom he leaves behind, 55 so that he will not give any of them the flesh of his children whom he will eat, because he has nothing left in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you at all your gates.
56 The [e]tender and [f]delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and sensitivity, [g]will refuse to the husband of her bosom, and to her son and her daughter, 57 her [h]placenta which comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of everything in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you at all your gates.
MESSAGE:
One of the world’s most expensive abandoned projects is the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea. Dominating the skyline of Pyongyang like a towering sentinel, the hotel was envisioned as a symbol of North Korean prestige and modernity. Construction began in 1987 but halted in the early 1990s due to economic crises and engineering challenges. Rising to a staggering 105 stories, this colossal structure remains unfinished, a ghostly testament to the ambition of a bygone era. With an estimated cost exceeding $750 million, this white elephant project was a monumental loss.
Moses, acting on God’s instruction, spoke plainly in describing the details of the calamities that would befall the Israelites if they walked away from God’s word. In that case, God threatened that they would be abandoned. They would go into servitude to other nations who would afflict them with grievous bondage. They would be besieged and subjected to such famine that would warrant them losing their filial affection as to eat the flesh of their children for survival. Unfortunately, the Jews did not heed the warnings. By their flagrant disobedience to God, they walked into these devastating experiences. With time, the awful predictions were literally fulfilled. Their country was not only besieged but also ravaged and they went into captivity in Babylon for seventy years and, again, Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans.
To think that a nation so beloved of God as Israel would suffer such a fate is sobering. It underscores the fact that God is not a respecter of persons. He favours and rewards those who sincerely seek Him; those who forsake him run the risk of being forsaken by Him. Moreover, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Hebrews 10:31). He is a jealous God who justifiably tolerates no rivalry. God deserves total commitment and obedience from us. You cannot serve Him and Mammon or other “gods”.
As you reflect on this issue, it is important to consider your present commitment to the Lord. Are you drawing closer to Him or drifting away from Him? It is a dangerous gamble to live in disobedience to God’s word or to walk away from Him.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: If you want to arrive safely and on time, adopt God’s pace.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
1 Samuel 27-29
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.