DATE: Sun 3rd Mar,2024
Daily Devotional By Dr. Paul Enenche.
TOPIC: PROPHET SAMUEL’S CHALLENGE TO ISRAEL
SCRIPTURE: Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand. 1 Samuel 12:3, 4
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The boldness of your financial integrity guarantees the solidity of your future.
In Scripture, we understand that Prophet Samuel was one prophet who was mightily used of God. He had such a strong prophetic accuracy that the Bible records that none of his words fell to the ground. This means, every word of he spoke came to pass.
Prophet Samuel was the one who anointed King Saul and King David and brought them to limelight. He bore the burden of God and that of the nation of Israel in his time.
Now, one secret of Prophet Samuel was his upright living. Samuel was so holy and upright that he threw up a challenge to the whole congregation of Israel one day.
What was the challenge?
1 Samuel 12:3, 4, says:
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.
In essence, Samuel seemed to be challenging the whole assembly of the people of Israel that anyone among them who felt he had cheated him or her should openly walk forward and say it, but there was none.
What a challenge!
What integrity of life!
What a boldness and audacity of uprightness!
What a cleanliness and purity of life!
That was Prophet Samuel’s challenge to the children of Israel.
Like Prophet Samuel, the boldness of your integrity is the guarantee for the solidity of your future and destiny.
The boldness of your financial integrity guarantees the solidity of your future.
The question is, how many people today can put forth such a challenge of integrity like Samuel did?
REMEMBER THIS: The boldness of your financial integrity guarantees the solidity of your future.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Like Prophet Samuel, can you throw up a challenge of upright living to your neighbours?
- Ask God for the grace to live without spots in your generation just like Samuel did.
PRAYER: Lord, I ask that You establish and enlarge my life on the ground of righteousness. I receive the boldness of uprightness. Deliver me from every temptation of compromise and crookedness, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: The Tragedy of Evil Money.
QUOTE: Integrity compels audacity and iniquity invites calamity. Guilt is a killer of faith.
Culled from the book, “15 Kingdom Strategies For Survival” by Dr Paul Enenche.
DAILY READING: 2 Samuel 9-12.
AMAZING FACT: An adult elephant needs to drink around 210 litres of water a day.
PROPHETIC DECLARATION/WORD: I break every spell of compromise and iniquity off your life in this season, in Jesus’ Name.
