TUESDAY - 8TH JUNE, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
THOSE/WHAT WANTS TO BREAK YOU
READ II Kings 6:24-33,7:1-20
II Kings 6:24,KJV
"And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria."
Benhadad was a wise man. He didn't engage in a direct battle with Samaria nor go confrontationally and have casualties. He besieged and refused to leave except Samaria by itself surrenders. The brain behind besieging is to surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender (not by war this time but by voluntariness that comes from a necessity). To get this done, Benhadad came with all his army to lay siege. He didn't reserve any. He wanted to ruin Samaria once and for all and he didn't withhold any weapon or resource that could ensure that. Companied with this, he also came with enough provision that could be lived upon by his forces until Samaria grows tired and surrenders. Benhadad was looking for a voluntary surrendering from Samaria and he sure hoped getting one. He won't go coercive as in a battle. He had chosen that method of war without weapons to compel Samaria to surrender when they reach their breaking point. He was waiting for a time when the king would say "I surrender. I'll be under tribute. You can retreat."
Did it get there? Almost. Things actually turned sour against Samaria as planned by the Syrians. Samaria was being broken day in day out as the Syrians gave persistence to continue to besiege them. They even got near final breaking point. At a time, only a strand was left of Samaria to be broken. This was the time Syria's expectation of victory rose.
II Kings 6:25,KJV
"And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver."
Have you seen that? It even got to head and people resolved into feasting on humans! Sure enough, all these were the expectations of Benhadad and his forces. They had said to themselves "let Samaria alone. Once they get tired and get to a breaking point (where they could no longer bear with this method of ours nor contain hunger), they'll cry up for relieve and shall surrender." That was their heartbeat against Samaria and this had started happening already. The besieging had created a terrible famine while the famine had made townsmen cannibals! Aren't they obviously near surrendering?
However, there was a u-turn of event to the disgrace of the Syrians. God put them to flight while Samaria took advantage of this to plunder their camps and get relieve. This was how Samaria survived being broken eventually. It was then Samaria had the testimony of Paul that says "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." II Corinthians 4:8-9,KJV
Syria had written their will and predicted their destiny but there was a reversal of the order.
Samaria though had had casualty survived this great besieging and emerged to amend in stature again. May you also recover and surpass the thoughts of those who are waiting for you to be broken so you could look unto them for life. May your being broken: defeated, put to shame, embarrassed or seek relieve from an enemy e.t.c be ever postponed for evermore.
PRAYER: God of interception and prophecy, invade and supervise my life with your superordinate will that stands above the enemy's acts.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Kings 2:1-3:2, Acts 5:1-42, Psalm 125:1-5, Proverbs 16:25
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