Sunday 12 March
READ: 1 Kings 9: 4 - 9
MORE LESSON: 2 Chron. 21: 1 - 18
And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel: I Kgs. 9:4-5. God had promised David that his descendants will always sit on the throne of Israel. However many of his descendants didn't follow the way of God, thus it wasn't long after he died that the 12 tribes of Israel were divided into two. God took ten tribes of Israel from under Rehoboam, David's grandson and gave them to another man. Only two tribes continued to be under the dynasty of David. This two-tribe-nation under the dynasty of David was called the land of Judah while the remaining ten-tribe nation retained the name 'the Land of Israel'. The descendants of David only ruled two tribes and lost kingship over the nation of Israel.
Children of godly parents must make it a duty to follow in the way of God wherein their parents walk. Children must follow the way of the Lord after their parents so that they don't lose the things that God has built through their parents. It is vital that parents who have walked with the Lord and established a covenant with Him, train and pray for their children to continue the walk so that these children will not reduce to nothing the covenant that their parents have made with the Lord after the parents are gone.
After David was gone, his descendants lost the bulk of the nation of Israel that God had covenanted to David and his descendants. In fact, there were some kings of Judah, descendants of David, who were so bad that God wanted to entirely wipe out the lineage of David from kingship. One would wonder what would have happened to God's covenant with David if his dynasty was completely eradicated because his descendants didn't follow the way of the Lord. This has taught me that God is not a respecter of persons but covenants and principles. God will honour those who honour Him and dishonour those who dishonour Him!
Prayer/Action
* Father, my children shall have a legacy of consistent walk with God, in Jesus’ name.
* Declare that none of your children will be a son of Belial, in Jesus’ name.
TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
The sun of glory shall not withdraw itself from my destiny in the day and the light of my night shall be brighter than the day, in the name of Jesus.
0 comments:
Post a Comment