TOPIC: Victory Over the Spirit of Error (1)
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Judges 7–8; Luke 5:1–16
MEMORY VERSE
Proverbs 11:2 – When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE
When the enemy comes to you and cannot find his property, he knows he has made a mistake, he will go away quietly.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY
God shall arise and give your life a divine boost, in the Name of Jesus.
PRAISE AND WORSHIP:
Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit
FIRE SCRIPTURE
2 Chronicles 26:14-21
14 Uzziah gave the army shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and stones for the slings. 15 In Jerusalem, Uzziah made machines that were invented by clever men. These machines were put on the towers and corner walls. They shot arrows and large rocks. Uzziah became famous. People knew his name in far away places. He had much help and became a powerful king.
16 But when Uzziah became strong, his pride caused him to be destroyed. He was not faithful to the Lord his God. He went into the Lord’s Temple to burn incense on the altar for burning incense. 17 Azariah the priest and 80 brave priests who served the Lord followed Uzziah into the Temple. 18 They told Uzziah he was wrong. They said to him, “Uzziah, it is not your job to burn incense to the Lord. It is not right. That is for the priests, Aaron’s descendants, to do. They are the only ones who have been prepared for the holy work of burning incense. You have not been faithful, so you must go out of the Most Holy Place. The Lord God will not honor you for this.”
19 But Uzziah was angry. He had a bowl in his hand for burning incense. While Uzziah was very angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead. This happened in front of the priests in the Lord’s Temple by the altar for burning incense. 20 Azariah the leading priest and all the priests looked at Uzziah. They could see the leprosy on his forehead. The priests quickly forced him out from the Temple. Uzziah himself hurried out because the Lord had punished him. 21 So Uzziah the king was a leper. He could not enter the Lord’s Temple. His son Jotham controlled the king’s palace and became governor for the people.
MFM Daily Devotional 29th March 2023 MESSAGE
The problem of error is that the victims always seem to forget where they are coming from: forgetting that it was by God’s grace that they survived their undignifying position before being lifted very high.
In our fire scripture Uzziah seemed to have forgotten that all he had done was through the help of God and the favour God had given him through others. The result was pride, and it led him into the sins of self-reliance and unfaithfulness.
The second chapter of the book of Philippians has this to say, verse 3, “Let nothing be done through strife and vain glory; but in holiness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.” One of the primary enemies of unity amongst common Christians is the natural tendency of individuals to promote their own interests above others, not regarding the views and opinions of others. Part of our sinful, rebellious nature is self-centeredness. This is encouraged because the world does not reward humility, yet humility is a key factor among other Christian virtues. It is a key quality of Jesus’ character.
Dearly beloved, too often, after God’s people experience success, they tend to forget how they got there. As a result, they no longer depend on God, but set themselves up for failure. This was the story of king Uzziah in today’s fire scripture.
Uzziah fell into a great error because of pride by taking up the assignments meant for the priests. He did not repent, but continued till Azariah the priest and eighty other priests confronted him. He was disgraced, the king of the whole land.
Humility, apology, and patience would have given him the upper hand and victory over the spirit of error that led to his downfall. This is a valid example for us to learn from and flee from the sin of pride or any error at all that could take a man from grace to grass.
The only way to have victory over error is to go the way of humility, teachableness, and patience. You don’t lose anything by being humble; in fact, you will gain everything as Jesus did (Philippian 2:8).
MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE DEVOTIONAL PRAYER POINTS
MORNING
1. Foundational arrow of error, jump out of my life by fire, in the Name of Jesus.
2. Holy Ghost, arise and purge my life of every foundational darkness, in the Name of Jesus.
3. Any family error that is seeking for my life for destruction, die, in the Name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. Favour that surpasses mistakes and errors, fall upon me, in the Name of Jesus.
5. Whenever I appear, darkness shall flee, in the Name of Jesus.
6. Mistakes and errors of my ancestors pursuing me, turn back and catch fire, in the Name of Jesus.
7. Let God arise and let my life receive Holy Ghost lifting above errors, in the Name of Jesus.
MFM Daily Devotional 29th March 2023 Mountain Top Life ©2022 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries Worldwide).
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