Daily Devotional With Murphy Eyenike

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! As we begin a new year, I want to call you to a commitment to read your Bible through again this year. Following our daily reading will help you continue to be grounded in the Word and to fulfill that commitment. In today's reading, the prophet Isaiah repestedly focuses on some thing that is a constant theme all through the book, God's promises for us. Let take one of them; "Kings...

This is wishing you a Happy New Year! This year, you will know the LORD and experience him better than ever. You will be able to say that the Lord is your refuge and hiding place in Jesus name.

I remember when as a young Christian I would be reading the words of Isaiah and tell God; "Lord, you are boasting". God says; "I am the LORD, that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else, nor share my praise with carved idols" Isa 42:6. Understanding the one verse alone will give you deliverance. I also saw God again and again promised what he would do; "When the poor and needy search...

Can we compare anyone to GOD? This was the profound question the LORD was asking Israel. "To whom can you compare God? What image can you find to resemble him?" Again he asked them; ""to whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?" asks the Holy One". That God even needed to ask is the biggest problem here. Lesson, have you placed things in your life above the word of God? Probably an idol, a mento...

The word today is simple, the LORD is able to fight your battles, he is an ever present help in times of troubles. The Assyrians invaded just as Isaiah already prophesied and the LORD defended his people just like he promised. In one single night, "the angel of the LORD went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers." In times of despair and in every situation, put your trust i...

The LORD continues to warn Judah, put your trust in me, not in Egypt. When we apply this lesson, we realise this one is delicate. How do I put my trust in God and not people considering God will still use the same people to answer the very thing I am trusting Him for? For me, the answer is in praying. Oftentimes, we do every other thing but pray about the situation. For those of us who do pray, it...

Who do you turn to for help? Who do you turn to in times of trouble? Judah turned to Egypt but God was trying to tell them and us; "this is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: Only in RETURNING to me and RESTING in me will you be saved. In QUIETNESS and CONFIDENCE is your strength..." Isa 30:15. Your help will not come from the sources you are thinking of, put all your hope in G...

Isaiah saw the second coming of Jesus as clearly as he saw the nation of Israel returning from exile; he saw the resurrection morning, he saw Jesus' return and hiw death would be swallowed up. For us, the instructions are clear; "in the night I search for you; in the morning I earnestly seek for you. For only when you cone to judge the earth will people learn what is right". Isaiah 26:9. We can't...

Isaiah continues to warn the nations, repent and turn to God...

Isaiah continues to prophecy, he prophecies against Damascus, against Samaria the capital of Israel at that time, against Moab and against Ethiopia. The wonderful thing about his prophesies was that he got to lived through some of them and witnessed their happening. Prophesies from God come to warn and guide us back to him, they are not for our destruction. My prayer today is that as you read the...

Isaiah prophesies accurately about the coming judgement upon the kingdoms of Moab, Assyria and the Babylonians. In Babylon's case, he prophesies about the super power that was going to defeat them; Persia, and at the same time about the destruction of the system of Babylon at the second coming coming of Jesus in the book of Revelation, 18. Isaiah prophesied about the events that were going to foll...

As we read the words of Isaiah's prophesies, please realize that he was speaking about a 1,000 years before the messiah's coming. Also, Isaiah's words, though not clear then made it plain that there was going to be 2 separate coming of the messiah; one as the lamb, gentle, peaceful, etc, the second as the Prince of Peace. Also, to call the messiah, "Mighty God and Everlasting Father", Isaiah was m...

Some of the things Isaiah saw and prophesied about were simply profound, to have seen that far ahead was just amazing. When he heard God ask, "Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?" Even though Isaiah assumed God was asking him and that he was referring to the nation of Israel and Judah, we know that ultimately, Jesus Christ was the only one qualified to answer that...

Isaiah's was a call to repentance for the entire nation with clear details of signs of the coming judgement. The people lived through all of it, saw it all happened and still rejected God until they were carried off into exile. I can't begin to tell you how much relevant his words are to us today. We are the generation literally living in and through the fulfillment of the prophesies of Jesus' sec...

The book of Isaiah is the first of the 4 major prophets of the Old testament. Isaiah's ministry spanned over 50 years, he spoke to and witnessed the major events covering 4 kings in Judah; Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah. God used him to confront the idolatry of both Israel and Judah, the oppression of the poor and orphaned, and the complete lack of love in the society. Isaiah's message blends f...

"Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as enduring as the grave. Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame. Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it..." May your love for God be stronger than death. May nothing be able to separate you from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus.

Today, we take on reading the one book in the Old testament most Christians don't read; Song of Songs by king Solomon. Though a poem and an allegory,, most consider it too vivid and descriptive of the love between this young woman and the king she was fawning over. If you would simply take the young woman to represent you and I today in the New testament or the nation of Israel in the Old testamen...

Before Solomon concludes his thoughts, he shares some further wisdom with us..."Using a dull ax requires great strength, so sharpen the blade. That's the value of wisdom; it helps you to succeed." Simply applied, even when you get an opportunity, prepare yourself before showing up, it will save you some embarrassments. "Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, t...

The wisdom for living can be thought provoking..."A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume. And the day you die is better than the day you are born." Another version says outrightly that the day of death is better than the day of birth. How can that be? How can the day associated with crying be better than the one associated with rejoicing at the birth of a child? "Extortion turns wi...

Solomon continues to give us some difficult words to reason through..."There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver." That seems like commonsense, right? Hoarding or saving is never and should never be the goal of getting rich, investing and making a difference is. "We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were bo...

Having just seen the excellence and precision of the book of Proverbs, reading the book of Ecclesiastes can be very confusing especially when you realise it was writing by the same person howbeit at different times of his life. Ecclesiastes shows us someone who wanted to taste the full range of wisdom and foolishness, pleasure and suffering, and then decide for himself what life meant. In Ecclesia...

As we concluded reading the book of Proverbs, what one verse or instruction has stood out for you? For me, it has to be this; "The FEAR OF THE LORD is the beginning of, is the foundation of wisdom. Share yours with me. Wisdom advices continue..."Every word of God proves true. He is a shield to all who cone to him for protection." Simply put, God is reliable, trustworthy and dependable. "It is not...

"A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty." Chasing fantasies I know can seem interesting but it leads no where and absolutely no future results. Can something tangible and rewarding to do and give it your best. "Greedy people try to get rich quick but don't realize they're headed for poverty." It is cruel if it isn't funny. Laziness does not help, nei...

The wise sayings of wisdom continues..."Honour is more associated with fools than snow with summer or rain with harvest." It's literally a tragedy having to rely on a fool, you will gain nothing from it. "As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person." In essence, pay attention to what is coming out in people's actions and character, not the colour of their skin, not even...

Sayings of the wise continued..."A house is built by wisdom and becomes strong through good sense. Through knowledge its rooms are filled with all sort of precious riches and valuables. A home, a marriage, a business, literally, anything of worth is built through wisdom, gets better by having good sense and prospers by getting requisite knowledge. "If you fall under pressure, your strength is too...