SCRIPTURE UNION DAILY GUIDE DEVOTIONAL FOR JANUARY 16, 2023 (LET GOD DO HIS JOB)
TOPIC: LET GOD DO HIS JOB
OPENING PRAYER: Let me know more of you today dear Lord as I meditate on your word.
SCRIPTURE: EXODUS 2: 11-25
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
• Q 2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
MESSAGE
God has His own job, and He assigns ours to us. Sometimes, however, we leave ours undone and try to do His job for Him. It never works! Moses evidently knew all about his Israelite identity and of God’s promise to their ancestors; and he was unhappy with their suffering (v.11). With his privilege and authority as adopted royalty, he believed that he was well equipped to help the God of Abraham to fulfil His promise. Killing one member of the hated race would be a start of the liberation of his people (v.12). It backfired, and the result was to drive him far away from where he could be of help (v.15)! On self exile!
Thankfully, God knows His job and He is able to do it, even when our well-meaning blunders cause a setback. He can re-set the clock and plot a new route which will still end up in the fulfilment of His plan and purpose. And so, God led Moses to the home of Jethro in Midian where he was to learn all about life and living in a desert environment. These are lessons which would serve him and his people well for forty years in the wilderness.
• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
CLOSING PRAYER
Can you think of instances of trying to help God do His work? Thank God today for His overruling grace.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Jeremiah 31:17
ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Genesis 26, 27, Psalm 11.
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN – Mon, 16-Jan-2023
PRAYER FOCUS
UYO REGION: GOD’S PLAN FOR YOU
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. – Romans 8:28
THANK GOD FOR:
► His love, care, protection and goodness over our brother in Uyo Region.
► Helping them, answering their prayers in all the programmes and projects thus far.
► Available and committed staff, pilgrims and leaders.
PRAY FOR:
► More commitments among the leaders and members to the core ministry vision of working among children, young people and families.
► Successful implementation of all the outlined programmes and projects for the year 2023.
► Healing for the spiritual, physical and financial health challenges of the brethren.
► Consciousness in deliberately looking unto Jesus as they await His soon return.
PRAY AGAINST:
► Every form of limitations to the work across the Region.
► Any form for subtlety in promoting disunity among the brethren.
