MFM Devotional 11 April 2024 (Thursday) – Lessons from the Life of Hezekiah (9)

MFM DEVOTIONAL 11 APRIL 2024, THURSDAY MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE BY DR. D.K OLUKOYA

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TOPIC: Lessons from the Life of Hezekiah (9)

FIRE SCRIPTURE 2 Kings 20:12-15(NIV)

12 At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of Hezekiah’s illness.
13 Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his storehouses—the silver, the gold, the spices and the fine olive oil—his armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

14 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, “What did those men say, and where did they come from?” “From a distant land,” Hezekiah replied. “They came from Babylon.”
15 The prophet asked, “What did they see in your palace?” “They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah said. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

MEMORY VERSE:
Proverbs 29:11 – “A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.”

MOYIVATIONAL QUOTE:
Nothing is more dangerous than a man without discretion, even a prudent fool is preferable.

PRAISE & WORSHIP

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:
𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧, 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦.

MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE DEVOTIONAL 11 APRIL 2024 MESSAGE:

So much has been learned on the positive traits of our dear King Hezekiah- a king with an uncommon devotion to God. We now want to explore some of his pitfalls that we can avoid.

Hezekiah lacked understanding as far as dealing with people and the cosmos is concerned. He can be said to be far from being discreet. Probably he thought because he had a good heart, everyone also had a good heart. Far from it, the Bible says that the heart of a man is desperately wicked, who can know it? After his recovery from sickness, the king of Babylon sent emissaries to visit Hezekiah, disguising as friends. They came with a friendly letter but a wicked heart to spy the liberty of Israel and know how to enslave them.

In verse 13 of our Fire Scripture, the Bibe says that Hezekiah hearkened to them and shewed them all the house of his precious things. He got so carried away by their fake smile and then went ahead to show them the genesis to revelation of his life and a divine judgement that would affect his posterity was issued by the prophet of God. The Babylonians later came to hold the Israelites captive for 70 solid years. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise-Proverbs 17:28. Hezekiah was not wise in this regard.

Beloved, when it comes to dealing with the cosmos, we need discernment. Not everyone, no matter how well-intentioned they are, should know all about your life just in one visit. We need to stop seeing men after the flesh. People are deeper than what we can see. There is more than meet the eyes. That is why possessing the gift of wisdom and discernment is no longer a luxury but a necessity.

You must receive the Spirit of God to be able to decipher the people in your life. You must also obtain the wisdom to separate the people in your life into their different courts.

Many should belong to the outer court, some at the holy place and only few should be in your inner court. It is your life; guard it jealously lest the enemy come in guise of a friend to spy out your liberty and take you captive. Please, let’s be guided!

TODAY’S PRAYER POINTS:

𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
1. Spirit of discernment, I am available, fall upon my life, in the name of Jesus.
2. Unfriendly friends in the boat of my life, be exposed and be disgraced, in the name of Jesus.
3. Masquerading enemies, you have been discovered, receive the rain of horrible tempest and die, in the name of Jesus.

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
4. O God my Father, open my inner eyes, in the name of Jesus.
5. My spiritual eyes, receive the second touch of God’s power, in the name of Jesus.
6. My Father, show me the secrets I need to know, in the name of Jesus.
7. I shall not lack discretion and understanding, in the name of Jesus.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Kings 13, 1 Kings 14, 1 Kings 15, Revelation 15, Revelation 16

MFM Devotional 11 April 2024 (Thursday) Mountain Top Life 2024 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries Worldwide)