DEEPER LIFE DAILY MANNA FOR TODAY
Daily Manna by Pastor Kumuyi is a daily devotional sets out to provide spiritual nourishment for the believers who truly seek God and would walk closely with Him.
The Topic of Deeper Life Daily Manna Devotional for 15th April 2025 Is “Religious Window Shoppers”
KEY VERSE: Ezekiel 33:31
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
TEXT: Ezekiel 33:21-33 (KJV)
21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
22 Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
23 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?
27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
29 Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord.
31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
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DAILY MANNA FOR TODAY
Window shopping is looking at articles displayed in shop windows without the intention of buying anything. People window-shop for various reasons. It may provide some gratification in the form of mental, aesthetic, and psychological pleasure. However, it often amounts to wasting precious time and facing frustration from unmet needs.
There is a religious version of window shopping. Such was the case of some exiled hypocritical Jews who dutifully came to Prophet Ezekiel to listen to him while in Babylon. They could easily be mistaken for committed members of the congregation. However, the Lord identified them and informed the prophet that, “…they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.” They said scornful things about the prophet behind his back, but put on “a form of godliness” before him.
The moral and spiritual condition of the Jews who survived the captivity and were left in the ruins of Jerusalem was not better. Despite God’s humbling providence, Ezekiel was also shown how proud, haughty, selfish, and possessive they had become. The attitude of the hypocritical Jewish exiles and the remnants reflect the extent of man’s depravity. The unpleasant situation they were going through, which resulted from their rebellion against God, should have driven them to the Lord and allowed them to yield a “peaceable fruit of righteousness.” Instead, they became more presumptuous and self-conceited.
Religious pretence is a most damning practice. It is an attempt to relegate God. In the pretender’s mind, people’s perceptions and opinions are rated higher than God’s position. But God is not mocked, considering that “in him, we live, and move, and have our being.” He is in control of everything about us.
The hypocrite misleads others but does far more harm to himself. He deceives himself, lives with a sense of insecurity, shuts the door of repentance and salvation against himself, and, like the window-shopper, he is haunted by unmet aspirations while facing eternal damnation. By all means, avoid all forms of pretence.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Hypocrisy is the most foolish and perilous of all pretences.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Acts 15-17
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