Daily Journals_ March 2024

Day 33: 01 March 2024

Fact: Gen 38: V11 Judah then said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Live as a widow in your father's house until my son Shelah grows up." For he thought, "He may die too, just like his brothers." So, Tamar went to live in her father's house; V 24 About three months later Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant." Judah said, "Bring her out and have her burned to death!"; V25-26 As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. "I am pregnant by the man who owns these," she said. And she added, "See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are." 26Judah recognized them and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I wouldn't give her to my son Shelah." And he did not sleep with her again

Insight: Unjust society will always be fought! The deprived are always likely to win because they feel the pain. Judah had kept his daughter in Law promising to give his son to her, but he did not keep the promise and this haunted him.

Deed: I commit to lead a just life and to always be a man of my word. So, Help me God.

Day 34: 02 March 2024

Fact: Gen 39: V2The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. V8-10 But he refused. "With me in charge," he told her, “My master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. 9No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?" 10And though she spoke to Joseph Day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.

Insight: God’s presence does not discriminate against our circumstances, even in trouble He can come there and be with me; Sin should be avoided by all means and the antidote is the fear of God, that way even where people do not know me, ill still avoid sin, because I fear God.

Deed: I commit to fear God and live a righteous life even where no one knows me. So, Help me God. 

Day 35: 03 March 2024

Fact: Gen 41: V16 I cannot do it," Joseph replied to Pharaoh, "but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires." V28 It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Insight: When gifted by God, it is prudent to give Him all the glory, and make it clear that you are just a vessel that God uses. This way pride is avoided, Joseph did exactly that.

Deed: I commit to ascribe glory to God in all the gifting's that God has bestowed to me and not seem to be doing it in my strength. So, Help me God.

Day 36: 04 March 2024

Fact: Gen 43: 8-9Then Judah said to Israel his father, "Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die. 9 I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life; Gen 44:32-34 Your servant guaranteed the boy's safety to my father. I said, 'If I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life! '33"Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord's slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers. 34 How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come upon my father."

Insight: Personal responsibility cannot be ignored. In his intercession to the father-Jacob, Judah Pledged to be personally responsible – Reuben had pledged his own sons; It is wonderful when a man keeps his word / vow/ pledge – Judah in the midst of danger keeps his word to guarantee Benjamin’s life and offered to be a slave instead of Benjamin.

Deed: I commit to be a man of my word regardless of the circumstances. So, Help me God.

Day 37: 05 March 2024

Fact: Gen 45: V5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you; V7-8 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8"So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.

Insight: Discerning the place of God in our lives’ circumstances can save us the agony of apportioning blame to those around us.  God is the one who initiates transitions in our lives and it is important to note so that we ascribe glory to him despite the consequences that may arise.  

Deed: I commit to discern God’s guidance and lead in my pilgrimage. So, Help me God.

Day 39: 07 March 2024

Fact: Gen 50: 19 But Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. 21So then, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your children." And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them. 22Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father's family. He lived a hundred and ten years

Insight: Joseph was consistent in his acknowledging God’s purposes in his life and that of his entire family; he did not have a grudge towards his brothers but chose to see the purposes of God accomplished regardless of the process.

Deed: I commit to decern Gods purposes and plan daily, that I may not blame people for my circumstances, but acknowledge God’s guidance So, Help me God.

Day 41: 09 March 2024

Fact: Exodus 4:11-12-The Lord said to him, "Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the Lord? 12Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say."

Insight: Our demeanor and looks comes from God. Everything we are is a result of God’s handwork; I am the way I am because the Lord made me so.

Deed: I commit to acknowledge that I am enough the way I am, that I can a accomplish Gods purposes the way I am, because it is God who made me the way I am and He has given me all I need to do His will. So, Help me God

Day 43: 11 March 2024

Fact: Exodus 8: 'But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen, where my people live; no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know that I, the Lord, am in this land. 23I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This miraculous sign will occur tomorrow.' " 24And the Lord did this. Dense swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh's palace and into the houses of his officials, and throughout Egypt the land was ruined by the flies. 25Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land."

Insight: The Lord Has the ability to deal differently with His people. He can protect His children from things affecting ‘others’.

Deed: I commit to believe that God can deal differently with me, that He can cause a distinction. That His favor for me can be visible.  So, Help me God

Day 44: 12 March 2024

Fact: Exodus 9: 6-7 And the next day the Lord did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died. 7Pharaoh sent men to investigate and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go; 25-26 Throughout Egypt hail struck everything in the fields-both men and animals; it beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree. 26The only place it did not hail was the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were.

Insight: The Lord Has the ability protect His chosen people from the plagues that strike, he protected the Israelites against the plagues He sent among the people of Egypt.

Deed: I commit to believe that God will protect me against stray plagues So, Help me God

Day 46: 14 March 2024

Fact: Exodus 13: 8-10 On that day tell your son, 'I do this because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.' 9This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the law of the Lord is to be on your lips. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand. 10You must keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year. V14-16"In days to come, when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' say to him, 'With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 15When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed every firstborn in Egypt, both man and animal. This is why I sacrifice to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.' 16And it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the Lord brought us out of Egypt with his mighty hand."

Insight: God has generations in mind, He desires that all generations know Him. It is the responsibility of the present generation to share their experiences with God to their sons and daughters so that there is continuity of the fear of God in all generations.

Deed: I commit to share my experiences with God, with my children, so that they may experience Him too and share with their children. So, Help me God

Day 47: 15 March 2024

Fact: Exodus 16:35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

Insight: God is the sustainer of life. In him we draw all we need; He is all in all. He is reliable and He never fails.

Deed: I commit to rely only on God in my life, to find sustenance from Him. So, Help me God

Day 48: 16 March 2024

Fact: Exodus 18: V 17-18 17Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you are doing is not good. 18You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.  V21-24 But select capable men from all the people-men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain-and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you. 23If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied." 24Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.

Insight: God brings help in time when we need it, and when we don’t even know we need it. Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law transforms leadership among Gods people for better. He brings up ‘delegation’ as a key leadership concept that in the long run made Moses to have time for his family.

Deed: I commit to serve God with wisdom and not to wear myself out by being creative and partnering with others. So, Help me God

Day 49: 17 March 2024

Fact: Exodus 19: 4-6 'You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. 5Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, 6you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites."

Insight: God treasures a person/people wholly given to Him; He can respond to such a person/people in particular even in this populous world.

Deed: I commit to live a life that pleases God, a holy life. So, Help me God

Day 51: 19 March 2024

Fact: Exodus 23: 6-9"Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. 7Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty. 8"Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blind those who see and twists the words of the righteous. 9"Do not oppress an alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be aliens, because you were aliens in Egypt.

Insight: God is takes special care and concern for the weak in society, the poor, the aliens, the slaves. He also cares that their justice is served without partiality; God expects that I will treat people in my former circumstances with grace because I was in their situation; God expects that I remember where He brought me from; God hates a bribe for it blinds the justice system

Deed: I commit to live justly and not to blind the justice systems. So, Help me God

Day 52: 20 March 2024

Fact: Exodus 25: 2-8"tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from each man whose heart prompts him to give. 3These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze; 4blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; 5ram skins dyed red and hides of sea cows; acacia wood; 6olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; 7and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breast piece. 8"Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.

Insight: On offering, God desires that the prompting is personal and not coercion. The types of offerings can be specified as needs are in the work of God, and people should offer any type as they are prompted in their hearts.

Deed: I commit to be generous to give towards Gods work and that I’ll have a relationship with God that allows me to be prompted in my heart to act when needed. So, Help me God

Day 53: 21 March 2024

Fact: Exodus 28: 33Tell all the skilled men to whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his consecration, so he may serve me as priest.

Insight: The skills we have are given to us by God, to serve His purposes. To design items and things in God’s service to His people.

Deed: I commit to use all the skills in my possession to advance God’s purpose to Man kind. So, Help me God

Day 54: 22 March 2024

Fact: Exodus 29: 44-46 So I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar and will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests. 45Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God. 46They will know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.

Insight: God is perfect in all His ways; He had a specific procedure for consecrating Aaron and his sons to serve as priest ; The coming of Jesus has simplified the procedure of God dwelling among His people, even in people’s hearts.

Deed: I commit to allow the Lord to dwell in me and take preeminence of me. So, Help me God

Day 55: 23 March 2024; 

Fact: Exodus 31:1-6 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2"See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts- 4to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 5to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of craftsmanship.  6Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to help him.  Also, I have given skill to all the craftsmen to make everything I have commanded you:

Insight: For every purpose, God has already prepared people to execute; All people are created by God with the skills required to accomplish His purpose.

Deed: I commit to discover my skills and places to use them in accomplishing the purpose of God. So, Help me God

Day 56: 24 March 2024

Fact: Exodus 33:12-15 Moses said to the Lord, "You have been telling me, 'Lead these people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, 'I know you by name and you have found favor with me.' 13If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people." 14The Lord replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." 15Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here

Insight: Moses was a great mediator between God and the Israelites, he found strength in Knowing God better and empathizing with the people; he thrived on Gods presence with him no wonder he could spend 40 days with Him without a meal.; God was sufficient for Moses.

Deed: I commit to experience God’s presence in my life, to delight in His word and Know Him like Moses did. So, Help me God

Day 57: 25 March 2024

Fact: Exodus 35: 20-22 Then the whole Israelite community withdrew from Moses' presence, 21and everyone who was willing and whose heart moved him came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments. 22All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the Lord.

Insight: The Lord requires an offering from all His people in their circumstances; He does not force; He wants His people to give willingly out of what He has given them; When we give, we should do so to the Lord.

Deed: I commit to give generously to God’s work in my circumstance. So, Help me God

Day 58: 26 March 2024

Fact: Exodus 38:8 They made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Insight: Women also served before God and are mentioned here.

Deed: I commit to allow all genders to serve God’s purposes because all have done so even from the days of the Israelites. So, Help me God

Day 59: 27 March 2024; 

Fact: Exodus 40:34-35 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled upon it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

Insight: When we obey God, He is pleased with us and His Glory dwells with us. God’s Glory/ Presence should be the benchmark for our navigation in our pilgrimage.

Deed: I commit to Obey God’s Word and to abide by it, to discern His Glory and Presence in all decisions I make in my life. So, Help me God

Day 60: 28 March 2024

Fact: Leviticus 1:4-5 He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him. 5He is to slaughter the young bull before the Lord , and then Aaron's sons the priests shall bring the blood and sprinkle it against the altar on all sides at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Insight: It was a tedious process to make an offering to the Lord in the Levitical days, Animals were slaughtered on behalf of men. Thank God for Jesus who offered Himself once and for all, no animal is to die anymore we only offer ourselves to Him and we can approach God just as we are.

Deed: I commit to be thankful today to Jesus for offering Himself a ransom for my Sins. So, Help me God

Day 61: 29 March 2024

Fact: Leviticus 4:13-15 'If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord 's commands, even though the community is unaware of the matter, they are guilty. 14When they become aware of the sin they committed, the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting. 15The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull's head before the Lord, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the Lord.

Insight: Even unintentional Sin displeases the Lord and once noted should be delt with in repentance; We live in a generation where Jesus’s blood is already shed and is enough, instead of laying hands on a bull, we need to Submit to Jesus and his atoning blood will forgive even our unintentional sins.

Deed: I commit to repent and deal with all unintentional sins because they matter to God. So, Help me God

Day 62: 30 March 2024

Fact: Leviticus 5:5-6" 'When anyone is guilty in any of these ways, he must confess in what way he has sinned 6and, as a penalty for the sin he has committed, he must bring to the Lord a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin. 7" 'If he cannot afford a lamb, he is to bring two doves or two young pigeons to the Lord as a penalty for his sin-one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

Insight: One has to be responsible for sin and deal with it, provision was made to ensure all could access forgiveness; Provision is made even better in our generation, all can afford to confess because the lambs and doves are already given by the Death of Christ!

Deed: I commit to be grateful to God for Jesus dying on the Cross to pay for what I could not perpetually afford as a ransom for my past, present and future sins. So, Help me God

Day 63: 31 March 2024

Fact: Leviticus 8: 30Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood from the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. So, he consecrated Aaron and his garments and his sons and their garments.

Insight: The Lord requires a complete separation to Him for specific services. Aaron and His son were separated to serve, even their service garments were separated to the Lord.

Deed: I commit to the Lord’s service in the domain I am in for now, to serve Him faithfully. So, Help me God

Day 64: 01 April 2024

Fact: Leviticus 10: 8-11 Then the Lord said to Aaron,9"You and your sons are not to drink wine or other fermented drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. 10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean, 11and you must teach the Israelites all the decrees the Lord has given them through Moses."

Insight: The responsibility to serve before the Lord on behalf of others requires soberness and hence the ability to discriminate between good from evil and remember God’s commands; intoxication can result in sin before the Lord which is detrimental.

Deed: I commit to serve before the Lord with soberness and to guide my children to do likewise. So, Help me God

Day 65: 02 April 2024

Fact: Leviticus 12: 45-47 I am the Lord who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore, be holy, because I am holy. 46" 'These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves in the water and every creature that moves about on the ground. 47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.' "

Insight: We do not belong to ourselves; We belong to God; we must therefore live within His boundaries and live according to His will. We have plenty to choose from however there are boundaries we must keep.

Deed: I commit to live within the boundaries set by God and His word to remain holy and acceptable to Him. So, Help me God