The Daily Fountain Daily Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 2 March 2020 – TOPIC: THE POWER OF UNITY
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DATE: MONDAY, MARCH 02, 2020
TOPIC: THE POWER OF UNITY
READ: JUDGES 1:1-10 (NKJV)
1. Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, “Who shall be first to go up for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?”
2. And the LORD said, “Judah shall go up. Indeed I have delivered the land into his hand.”
3. So Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me to my allotted territory, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I will likewise go with you to your allotted territory.” And Simeon went with him.
4. Then Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they killed ten thousand men at Bezek.
5. And they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
6. Then Adoni-Bezek fled, and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
7. And Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather [scraps] under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” Then they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
8. Now the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it; they struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.
9. And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountains, in the South, and in the lowland.
10. Then Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron. (Now the name of Hebron [was] formerly Kirjath Arba.) And they killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
THE MESSAGE:
The tribe of Judah invited their brethren – the tribe of Simeon – to join them to wage war against some of the Canaanite nations around their inheritance. Together, they made swift raids that gave them resounding victories. Mighty kings like Adoni-Bezek were subdued and made to pay for their past sins (verse 7). Judah knew that they could achieve little fighting alone. “How could one chase a thousand and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had surrendered them?” (Deuteronomy 32:30). Nehemiah received the vision of rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. He did the survey and the preliminary work alone but he had to involve people for the actual execution. That got the project completed in 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15).
Many of us do not achieve much, either for God or for ourselves, because we love to do it alone. Out of selfishness and out of the desire to take the glory alone, many of us struggle with our vision. The vision may have come to you alone but you may need to share it to achieve more. Working alone delays projects. The Tower of Babel progressed fast because of unity that even God observed (Genesis 11:6). Do you wish to do great things for God this year and beyond, look for credible partners?
PRAYER: Oh Lord, may You help me to identify credible partners to work with as to achieve greater things for You.