Daily Manna 28 November
KEY VERSE: “And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.” – (Isaiah 22:22)
TEXT: Isaiah 22:15-25
15 Thus says the Lord God of hosts:
“Go, proceed to this steward,
To Shebna, who is over the house, and say:
16 ‘What have you here, and whom have you here,
That you have hewn a sepulcher here,
As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high,
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
17 Indeed, the Lord will throw you away violently,
O mighty man,
And will surely seize you.
18 He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball
Into a large country;
There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots
Shall be the shame of your master’s house.
19 So I will drive you out of your office,
And from your position [a]he will pull you down.
20 ‘Then it shall be in that day,
That I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;
21 I will clothe him with your robe
And strengthen him with your belt;
I will commit your responsibility into his hand.
He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
And to the house of Judah.
22 The key of the house of David
I will lay on his shoulder;
So he shall open, and no one shall shut;
And he shall shut, and no one shall open.
23 I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place,
And he will become a glorious throne to his father’s house.
24 ‘They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers. 25 In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the Lord has spoken.’ ”
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There are people who parade themselves as people with power and great authority. Most of the time, they arrogate to themselves power and usurp authority not given to them.
Shebna in our text tried to appropriate to himself the authority not given to him. He probably had schemed his way to power and was now plotting to perpetuate his reign. He not only had planned for his days in power but had gone ahead to make preparation for his death and burial in a noble way. But these did not happen. Rather, He was deposed, taken into captivity and died there. God then raised Eliakim who was given the key of power and authority.
All power and authority reside in God and He chooses those He gives them to. Just as He decided to place the key of power and authority on the shoulders of Eliakim, so has He handed the same power and authority to us as believers. We have the keys and are free to determine whatever we wish to do with it. We can choose to open and no man will close; and close and no man will open! We are to determine the course of our lives and happenings around us.
It is however unfortunate that many of us are not exercising this power today. Instead, we allow usurpers and people who lay false claim to power to parade themselves with confidence around. We must rise as believers and take hold of the authority the Lord has given to us. We’ve got the key and must use it to direct the course of our lives and world. Let us not sit idle and watch undesirable things happen around us. Let us shut the gates against evil and throw wide open the doors of righteousness, peace, joy, abundance, good health and prosperity.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Use your key to liberate the world from sin.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Daniel 1-2
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Daily Manna 28 November 2021
