Our Divine Free Daily Devotions

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2022

TEXT: Isaiah 45:1-13

1. The LORD says this to Cyrus, His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to unloose the loins of kings, to open the doors before him and the gates will not be shut.

2. “I will go before you and level the uneven places; I will shatter the bronze doors and cut the iron bars in two.

3. I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches from secret places, so that you may know that I, the LORD, the God of Israel call you by your name.

4. I call you by your name, because of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one. I give a name to you, though you do not know Me.

5. I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will strengthen you, though you do not know Me,

6. so that all may know from the rising of the sun to its setting that there is no one but Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other.

7. I form light and create darkness, I make success and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things.

8. “Heavens, sprinkle from above, and let the skies shower righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation sprout and righteousness spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it.

9. “Woe to the one who argues with his maker- one clay pot among many. Does clay say to the one forming it: What are you making? Or does your work [say]: He has no hands?

10. How absurd is the one who says to [his] father: What are you fathering? Or to [his] mother: What are you giving birth to?”

11. This is what the LORD, the Holy One of Israel and its maker, says: “Ask Me what is to happen to My sons, and instruct Me about the work of My hands.

12. I made the earth, and created man on it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.

13. I have raised him up in righteousness, and will level all roads for him. He will rebuild My city, and set My exiles free, not for a price or a bribe,” says the LORD of hosts.

(Holmans Christian Standard (CS) Holy Bible)

TOPIC: GOD HAS POWER OVER ALL

It has been said that God in the good times is still God in the bad times. We live in a crooked and perverse generation in which we have both good and bad experiences.

Today’s text reveals that God has the power over all things and rulers. As a result, He can use anything or any person to actualize His goal in history just He called the King of Persia, Cyrus – a Gentile – his ‘anointed’. This shows that God anoints whoever He choose for any duty or special tasks (vs. 1-3d).

In all these, God wants men to acknowledge Him as the all-knowing God who summons people and nations by their names (vs. 3e-8). So, whatever you are going through, know that God is aware of the situation. And if you are a leader, know that your position is a privilege and that God has chosen you for a special task.

Therefore, there is no room for complaints because the pot can’t question the potter for the shape it was made to assume (vs. 9-13).

QUESTION: Are you complaining because you think that God is not aware of your situation?

PRAYER: Dear Lord, help me to learn the lesson You want me to learn out of any situation and to fulfil the assignment you have given me without complaining, in Christ’s name, Amen.