The Daily Fountain Daily Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 17 OCTOBER  2024 – TOPIC: DISOBEDIENCE DESTROYS DESTINIES

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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN

DAILY DEVOTIONAL OF THE

CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION)

DATE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2024

TOPIC: DISOBEDIENCE DESTROYS DESTINIES

READ: 1 SAMUEL 13: 5-25 (NKJV)

13:5. Then the Philistines gathered together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which [is] on the seashore in multitude. And they came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth Aven.

13:6. When the men of Israel saw that they were in danger (for the people were distressed), then the people hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes, and in pits.

13:7. And [some of] the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he [was] still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

13:8. Then he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

13:9. So Saul said, “Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me.” And he offered the burnt offering.

13:10. Now it happened, as soon as he had finished presenting the burnt offering, that Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.

13:11. And Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and [that] you did not come within the days appointed, and [that] the Philistines gathered together at Michmash,

13:12. “then I said, ‘The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the LORD.’ Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.”

13:13. And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you. For now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

13:14. “But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has commanded him [to be] commander over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you.”

13:15. Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people present with him, about six hundred men.

13:16. Saul, Jonathan his son, and the people present with them remained in Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

13:17. Then raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned to the road to Ophrah, to the land of Shual,

13:18. another company turned to the road [to] Beth Horon, and another company turned [to] the road of the border that overlooks the Valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

13:19. Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.”

13:20. But all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen each man’s plowshare, his mattock, his ax, and his sickle;

13:21. and the charge for a sharpening was a pim for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to set the points of the goads.

13:22. So it came about, on the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who [were] with Saul and Jonathan. But they were found with Saul and Jonathan his son.

13:23. And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

THE MESSAGE:

When Samuel anointed Saul, he ordered him to wait for him for seven days in Gilgal (1 Samuel 10: . But in spite of this clear instruction and out of pressure, Saul disobeyed and went ahead to offer sacrifices. This behaviour of Saul cost him and his generation the kingship in Israel. Instead of being repentant when confronted by Samuel, he tried to justify his unacceptable behaviour. Samuel promptly informed him that his disobedience has cost him the kingship and he abandoned Saul and left for his home. No reason is acceptable before God for disobeying His will as expressed in His word. Saul’s disobedience interrupted his destiny.

Have you allowed disobedience to ruin your destiny? Many people today treat the cross of Christ and His word with total disdain (Philippians 3: 18). The level of disobedience to the word God to the Church is alarming and the contempt shown to the Church and ministers of God is disturbing. Some people disobey godly rules as regards mariage, business, relationships, dressing, examination and simple traffic rules. Are you living in disobedience to your parents, husband, teachers, pastors, bosses and those in authority? Are you obstinate, giving irrelevant reasons to justify your disobedience when confronted? Repent now before you truncate your God-given destiny

PRAYER: Lord, may Your fear be restored in Your Church in every nation in Jesus name, Amen

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