MONDAY - 12TH JULY, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF A MAN WILL DELIVER HIM - Side A
Read II Samuel 11:1-13
II Samuel 11:10, KJV
"And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?"
Tell the righteous that his righteousness will save him. When you are righteous and continues being righteous, there is one reward it can bring you on earth. That is to save you.
In today's reading, David in the bid to cover his sin of adultery which has manifested as a child devised to bring Uriah back home. His plan was that if Uriah goes to his house, he would have affairs with his wife and this would make him the father of a bastard child. He wanted to cover his sin by planning deftly after this manner.
Did it succeed? No. The righteousness of Uriah wouldn't allow him to be such cheap prey for David's strategy, though at his back. Loyalty saves him. Hear today's model speak.
II Samuel 11:11, KJV
"And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this."
Though an Hittite, he wouldn't be unpatriotic to the land that has become fatherland to him. While other comrades struggle out with the enemy and barely survives in the open country, should he be then comforted? This man is fit for leadership. He'll never take advantage of situations to the disadvantage of others nor exhibit selfishness. He's an advocate of fairness to the core who always look not unto his ways but that of others. Having being touched by such patriotism and loyalty to the throne which he couldn't deny, David then proceeded to the plan two of making him drunk in order to still protect his reputation. Yet, Uriah was resolute even in his drunkenness. He didn't go home. What was normal for him to do was to go home and drink water from his cistern before departure back to the battle they don't know when it would end, but not this one. You can't just trap him that easily. He has practiced righteousness to an extent that it's no longer a big thing for him to live sacrificially and to his personal detriment. It was not that he didn't care for his family or that he was not a wife lover like any of us, however he ranks principles above emotions.
Your own righteousness can as well save you. In the work place, amidst friends, in that relationship etc, righteousness pays. Loyalty to the party involved matters. You'll see at the last day how this same righteousness will bring you untold reward that would make you exclaim for good. When they plan a trap for your feet, unknowingly to you, you'll be scaling it by your practice of righteousness. Uriah didn't have an inkling that it was a trap. He was only living his daily life of being faithful. Because of your righteousness, all that plans your downfall will be found to be hatching cockatrice eggs and weaving the spider's web. Their webs shall never become a garment neither will they cover themselves with their works (Isaiah 59:5-6). The mouth of the Lord has spoken.
PRAYER: I release Isaiah 59:5-6 to work against all planning me evil. I escape traps. My loyalty shall save me in any relationship or congregation of men.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Chronicles 11:1-12:18, Acts 28:1-31, Psalm 9:1-12, Proverbs 19:1-3
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