DCLM Daily Manna, Tuesday March 22, 2016 by Pastor Kumuyi - Overcomer of the Crafty

Topic: Overcomer of the Crafty [Tuesday March 22, 2016]

Text: Job 5:1-16

Key Verse: "He disappointed the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise" (Job 5:12).

The intriguing story of Joseph best illustrates God's providence in neutralizing the devilish intentions and acts of the wicked. His elder brothers sold him into slavery, not expecting him to survive for long in the hands of Egyptian human traffickers.

He would be chained in the 30-day trip to Egypt and be treated as a piece of merchandise. But God overruled this cruel act and motive. Genesis 50:20 declares: "But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive". God is ever watchful over the affairs of men to halt them from the path of evil. He sees them in their minds and in their closets where no one else notices them or perceives their malice. God is there, observing their moves, meant to afflict the righteous. He knows all their stratagems are incapable of outwitting heaven, even if they outsmart seemingly full-proof rules and regulations of the law enforcement agencies in society.

At the right time, God will move in to thwart and frustrate the mischief of all Satan-inspired machinations. The text under consideration depicts God as the unchanging God Who has the capacity to save to the uttermost. The author therefore, chooses to cast his lot with this Unique Being. Verses 8 and 9 states in part: "I would seek unto God. . . which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number. . . ". Verse 12 states, ". . . He disappointed the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. . . ". Surely, only God truly delivers from every trouble.

This is the reason the followers of Christ ought not to fret at temporary setbacks and seeming disappointments or failures. God is at work on such occasions, hastening the fulfillment of His lofty promises

Thought for the day: With God, all things work together for good.

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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.