DCLM Daily Manna Devotional 9 June 2025 Message Written By Pastor W.F Kumuyi
Read DCLM Daily Manna Devotional 9 June 2025, Monday Message.
TOPIC: GOD’S WORD HOLDS FOR ALL
KEY VERSE:
“Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day.” – (Deuteronomy 29:14,15).
READ: Deuteronomy 29:10-29 (NIV)
10 All of you are standing today in the presence of the Lord your God—your leaders and chief men, your elders and officials, and all the other men of Israel, 11 together with your children and your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water. 12 You are standing here in order to enter into a covenant with the Lord your God, a covenant the Lord is making with you this day and sealing with an oath, 13 to confirm you this day as his people, that he may be your God as he promised you and as he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 14 I am making this covenant, with its oath, not only with you 15 who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God but also with those who are not here today.
16 You yourselves know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries on the way here. 17 You saw among them their detestable images and idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold. 18 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison.
19 When such a person hears the words of this oath and they invoke a blessing on themselves, thinking, “I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way,” they will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry. 20 The Lord will never be willing to forgive them; his wrath and zeal will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the Lord will blot out their names from under heaven. 21 The Lord will single them out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.
22 Your children who follow you in later generations and foreigners who come from distant lands will see the calamities that have fallen on the land and the diseases with which the Lord has afflicted it. 23 The whole land will be a burning waste of salt and sulfur—nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, which the Lord overthrew in fierce anger. 24 All the nations will ask: “Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?”
25 And the answer will be: “It is because this people abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the covenant he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt. 26 They went off and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods they did not know, gods he had not given them. 27 Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against this land, so that he brought on it all the curses written in this book. 28 In furious anger and in great wrath the Lord uprooted them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now.”
29 The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
MESSAGE:
The expression, “The only thing that is constant in life is change” is used to mean that change is an inherent and inevitable part of life. Nothing remains constant forever. This concept has been embraced by various cultures and philosophers. The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus was famous for saying “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man”. However true this saying may be, it does not hold when it comes to God, His word, standards, and expectations for man.
This fact is emphasized as Moses calls the surviving generation of the children of Israel who left Egypt to renew their covenant with God. Moses spoke plainly in reminding them that God’s demands from them were not different from what He required from their fathers. Generational change does not alter God’s expectations of His people. The covenant even binds the generations unborn and includes all categories of people, free or bond, rich or poor, high or low.
Amid shifting values and societal norms, the church must hold firm to the unchanging truths of God and His words. With people increasingly questioning and rejecting Christian beliefs, churches are facing pressure to adapt and compromise on key moral issues. The widespread rejection of biblical teachings on topics such as morality, marriage, and sexuality is becoming more prevalent. Some individuals believe that certain groups are exempt from following the teachings of the Bible, leading to a dangerous trend of moral relativism. The church needs to stand firm in upholding biblical principles in a rapidly changing world.
God’s words are timeless and apply to everyone, regardless of their background or status. Changing God’s word or failing to pass them on to future generations means we lose out on His promises and blessings. It is essential to teach the word of God to all, especially to our children, so they can carry on the faith. God’s word remains consistent through all times, and it is up to us to stay true to it and spread its teachings to everyone around us.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Dispensational changes do not alter God’s word.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
2 Samuel 11-12
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.