DCLM Daily Manna, Wednesday April 22, 2015 by Pastor Kumuyi – Obedience is Key

Topic: Obedience is Key [Wednesday April 22, 2015]

Text: Numbers 9:5-27

Key verse: “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” (Numbers 9:23).

Such is the binding necessity of the Passover observance (Lord’s Supper), that God says no matter where we may be, His ordinances must at all times be observed in worship. If we are on a journey away from home or the church, He still requires us to serve Him provided it is unblemished service by a saved and sanctified soul.

In the second year of the wilderness journey of the children of Israel, God asked them to keep the Passover and overlook some traditions such as that of uncleanness by reason of a dead body or being in a journey. He said: “yet shall (ye) keep the Passover unto the LORD” (Numbers 9:10). But there is stern warning that he who is qualified to do His service and refrains from it “shall be cut-off from among his people.” When these Old Testament believers complied with this commandment, they were blessed beyond their own expectations.

They had a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night that served as signs of divine provision, protection and guidance. The cloud and pillar of fire guided them like a compass in an uncharted sea raging with storm. They would not move unless the two signs indicated the direction and time to do so. “At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tent, 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” (Numbers 9:23).

What this clearly teaches is that our body, being the temple of God (1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 6:16) must be kept chaste and undefiled for service to God wherever we find ourselves. The rapture may occur anytime and it must meet us prepared regardless of the place, whether at workplace, home, on the Lord’s Day or any other day. God is interested in the condition of our soul to purge it of all forms of sin by the blood of Jesus. Only believers who have been washed and sanctified will spend eternity with God.

Bible in One Year: Psalm 119: 1-56

Thought for The Day: Now is the time to prepare for the coming of the Lord.

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.