[DCLM Daily Manna 20 March 2024] Topic: Consistent Obedience
TOPIC: Consistent Obedience (DCLM Daily Manna 20 March 2024)
KEY VERSE: “And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel” (Numbers 9:5).
TEXT: Numbers 9:5-23 (KJV)
5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the Lord in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.
9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord.
11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the Lord; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
18 At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not.
20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed.
21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
23 At the commandment of the Lord they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed: they kept the charge of the Lord, at the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
DCLM Daily Manna For Today MESSAGE:
Thomas A. Kempis, German clergyman and writer of the famous book The Imitation of Christ has much to say about life and living. He says: “Without the way, there’s no going; without the truth, there’s no knowing; without the life, there’s no living.” It was Mr. A Kempis’ way of drawing men into the only path of life where truth and perfect knowledge are found: Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The path of truth is the path of obedience to which Kempis said, “Instant obedience is the only kind of obedience there is; delayed obedience is disobedience. Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience withdraws from Grace.”
As believers, we are called to instant and consistent gracious obedience because that is the perfect way to imitate Christ, who made Himself of no reputation but obeyed His Father, the Almighty God, even to the point of dying for the sins of humanity on the cross. In Numbers 9:5, the Israelites promptly obeyed God’s command given to Moses on the importance of observing the Passover.
The hallmark of Christianity is believers’ allegiance to Christ, who delivered us from the bondage and wages of sin through a great sacrifice. God shows us an example of abundant life through Israel’s instant obedience. As they were rescued from an overlord that had them in chains for decades, we have every reason to continue celebrating God after we have been saved from the horror and doom of sin and Satan.
God expects that throughout our lives, we will remember what He has done and keep a sort of Passover where He is lifted and our joy and hope of eternal life renewed. That will be a worthy tribute to the grace and mercy of God in our lives.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Consistent obedience to God secures His consistent blessings.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Jeremiah 46-48
Deeper Life Daily Manna For Today 2024 was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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