ENEMY OF
DIVINE BLESSINGS (Open Heavens daily for teenagers 2016)
Memorise:
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringth low, and lifeth up.
Please
Read: Hosea 5:3-9,
3 I
know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou
committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
4 They will not frame their doings to
turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and
they have not known the Lord.
5 And the pride of Israel doth testify
to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah
also shall fall with them.
6 They shall go with their flocks and
with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath
withdrawn himself from them.
7 They have dealt treacherously
against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a
month devour them with their portions.
8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and
the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day
of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely
be.
Bible in
one year: Jeremiah 3:6-4:31, Acts 13:48-14:18
MESSAGE!!!
Let’s look
at the life of Ephraim.
A man who
was indeed a beneficiary of divine blessings.
· Jacob
pronounced blessings to him (Genesis 48:20).
· David
spoke about his greatness (Psalm 108:8) BUT
· Ephraim
was disregarded (Jeremiah 7:15), joined himself to idols and God left him alone
(Hosea 4:17).
· Idolatry;
(when you give more honour, reverence and time to anything than you give to
God). This can be in the form of your studies, career, hobbies and achievements
etc.
· Idolatry
is one of the archenemies of divine blessings. The Almighty God warned His
people against idolatry in Exodus 20:3 saying:
“Thou shalt
have no other gods before me.”
Action
Point
Father,
today I pull down every strong altar I have erected to compete with you in my
life, study, career in Jesus’ Name.
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