DEEPER LIFE DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL 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 7th August 2024 Is “The Challenge Of Change”
Text: Acts 10:9-13 (KJV)
9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
KEY VERSE: Acts 10:13
“And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.”
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DAILY MANNA FOR TODAY
In a sense, there is truth in an anonymous writer’s assertion that “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at will change”. This brings to the fore the issue of perspectives – how we see things or people. It takes a change of perspective (which is not always easy) to have a change of attitude.
God had to use an extraordinary means to make Apostle Peter have a change of perspective and therefore, a change of attitude towards the gentile world. The gospel had been restricted to the Jews, but it was time for a transition from Jewry to the gentile space. In a trance, a hungry Peter was shown a vessel containing all sorts of four-footed beasts, creeping things and fowls of the air descending from heaven towards him. Then a voice ordered him to rise, kill and eat the animals. Of course, being a typical Jew, Peter was reluctant to act on the instruction; he would have nothing to do with anything regarded as common or unclean.
Those creatures were symbolic of the gentiles. It was done to prepare Peter to accept the opening of the door of salvation to them through him. The eventual conversion of Cornelius, a gentile centurion in Caesarea, launched the gospel to the outer world, which Apostle Paul came to fulfil. Indeed, as observed by William Cowper, “God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform”. To walk with Him, we must keep His pace and willingly subsume our ideas, prejudices, preferences, assumptions and perspectives into His will and purpose.
When God sends us on an errand that lies outside our comfort zone, we should not yield to the temptation to resist the divine instruction. Divinely ordered change may be challenging but in the end, it bears the sweet fruits of God’s purpose.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
God effects a major change through us by changing our perspective.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
John 16-18
Daily Manna is the daily devotional of the Deeper Christian Life Bible Ministry (DCLM) written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi. It is an extraction of God’s Word designed to draw the sincere seeker closer to God on a daily basis through an insightful exposition and analysis of God’s Word. Read More...
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