MFM Daily Devotional 17 January 2024 – Mountain Top Life Devotional
MFM Devotional 17 January 2024, Wednesday Mountain Top Life Devotional Message written by Dr. D.K Olukoya
𝕋𝕆ℙ𝕀ℂ: Lessons From The Life of Prophet Nathan (1)
𝔹𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ: Genesis 49, Genesis 50, Exodus 1, Luke 5, Luke 6, Luke 7
𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼: 2 Samuel 7:1-17
𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:
Isaiah 55:8 – “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.”
𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊:
Even the holiest of men sometimes makes mistakes. Whenever you are wrong be humble enough to admit it and be strong enough to correct it.
ℙℝ𝔸𝕀𝕊𝔼 & 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ
ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐:
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨, 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦.
MFM DEVOTIONAL 17TH JANUARY 2024 𝕄𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝔾𝔼:
Today, we want to begin a study on the life of one of the finest Bible characters, Prophet Nathan. He was a prophet during the reigns of King David and King Solomon.
In 2 Samuel 7:1-3, when David discussed his intention to build a temple of worship for God with him, the Bible records this: “And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.” But later that day, the word of God came to Nathan and told him that David’s intention was not in line with the divine plan. The divine plan was for his son to build the temple.
Earlier, in the morning, Nathan must have probably spoken based on emotional excitements and also as a result of the good relationship between him and the king. Note that not every good idea is God’s idea; so we need to be careful. Nathan had made a mistake. Wasn’t he a prophet of God? Definitely, he was a divine oracle that interpreted the heart of God to kings.
We all sometimes make mistakes. Samuel, a prophet of God of no mean status, also made the same mistake when he thought Eliab was surely the Lord’s anointed. But God intercepted him and told him Eliab wasn’t His choice.
The response of Nathan in this scenario has a whole lot to teach us. When God’s word came to him, he wasn’t ashamed to admit his limitations and correct his error. In verse 17, he humbly went back to show David the true counsel of God as against what he earlier predicted. Making mistakes is not the issue; the real issue is how we respond when we are confronted about our mistakes.
When King Saul was confronted about his error, he was too egoistic to admit it. He was more concerned about public opinion than how God feels and that led to his undoing. How do you handle issues when you realise that you have made a mistake? Do you seek to cover it up or do you admit and make your ways right with God and man? I advise you to take a cue from Prophet Nathan.
ℙℝ𝔸𝕐𝔼ℝ ℙ𝕆𝕀ℕ𝕋𝕊:
𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
1. Father, help me to humble myself, in the name of Jesus.
2. Spirit of error, die, in the name of Jesus.
3. Mistakes, programmed to shatter my life, be deprogrammed by the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.
𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
4. O God my Father, do not leave me to myself, in the name of Jesus.
5. I shall not be too big for God, in the name of Jesus.
6. Arrow of pride and error, assigned to bring me low, backfire by fire, in the name of Jesus.
7. Enemies of my prophetic destiny and calling, be disgraced, in the name of Jesus.
MFM Daily Devotional 17 January 2024 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).