DCLM Daily Manna 9th September 2020 [Wednesday] – Life Is Short
Topic: “Life Is Short” By Pastor W. F. Kumuyi
DCLM Daily Manna Key Verse: 2 Kings 15:31 (NIV)
“As for the other events of Pekah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?”
DCLM Daily Manna Text: 2 Kings 15:27-38 (NIV)
27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years.
28 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.
29 In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He took Gilead and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and deported the people to Assyria.
30 Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked and assassinated him, and then succeeded him as king in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
31 As for the other events of Pekah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?
32 In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign.
33 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.
34 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.
35 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the LORD.
36 As for the other events of Jotham’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
37 (In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
38 Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David, the city of his father. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.
DCLM DAILY MANNA FOR TODAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 2020 – LIFE IS SHORT
Everything that has a beginning surely has an end. This is a well-known saying. Life, no matter how long or short, will certainly end one day. Unfortunately, we often do not want to think of this. But it is something inevitable. We must all face the reality of the end of life one day.
Our text x-rays the lives of two kings – Pekah over Israel in Samaria and Jotham over Judah in Jerusalem. King Pekah did evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
Jotham, on the other hand, did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, though the high places were not removed and the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. At the appointed time, both kings died and their acts were written in the book of chronicles of the kings.
The good, the bad, the old and the young die. One of the important things not being taken seriously is reaching out to sinners. Time waits for no one. We often seem to think that there is plenty of time and another opportunity to speak to a person will always present itself.
Life is short and time is short for Christians to win the lost. Time is short for the backslider and the sinner. Many sinners out there think they have all the time to make it right with God. Christians, on the other hand, think sinners have plenty of time to get saved. But sinners do not have plenty of time, as many are going to ‘Christless’ eternity daily.
Evangelism is the avenue through which we can reach them and whatever we do is recorded in heaven. We must be obedient to this Great Commission, lead the sinner to the point of personal assurance of salvation and not let anyone’s blood be required at our hands because life is short for us and sinner likewise.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Life is short for you and the sinner: do the rewarding work.
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso 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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