March 14, 2020 CAC Living Water Devotional :- NIGHT
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CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH
THE LIVING WATER {Jan ~ June, 2020}
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Saturday, March 14, 2020
TOPIC: NIGHT
Read: Genesis 1:1-19
[1]In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.[2]And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.[3]And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.[4]And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.[5]And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the morning were the first day.[6]And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.[7]And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.[8]And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.[9]And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.[10]And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.[11]And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.[12]And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.[13]And the evening and the morning were the third day.[14]And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:[15]And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.[16]And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.[17]And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,[18]And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.[19]And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
MEMORISE: For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning (Psalms 30:5)
EXPOSITION
Night is a solar season that God created for the benefits of mankind. It demarcates a day from the following one. It is called night, because there will not be enough activities in it, as in the day time. In the day time, there is the sun rising and shining over it. But in the night, God has commanded the moon and the stars to have field day. One thing about the night is the fact that it harbours evil more than the day, despite the fact that it is a period of the day that there will not be enough light. Those nocturnal dangerous elements, both naturally and spiritually, operate in those unholy hours.
Night symbolises many things in the record of the Bible and the experience of man. The hour of God starts from the night. ‘And the evening and the morning…’ (Gen. 1:5). Jacob had his life transformation dream in the night (Gen. 28:10-22). He fought with the angel in the night (Gen. 32). The Passover in Egypt was in the night (Exo. 12). The lamb of the Passover was to be killed in the night. Joshua fought till dusk and called for the light of the day and night to stand still (Jos. 10). Samuel heard the voice of God, thrice, in the night. Jesus Christ was betrayed in the night, and was tried, three times, in the night (Matt. 26; Mk. 14; Jn. 18). The Psalmist talks about the evils in the night (Psa. 91). The thieves come in the night.
Weeping may endure till the evening or night. One thing is that night stands for many things in the Bible. There is joy in the morning. There are bountiful blessings after the night. What are you passing through now? That could be your night. No matter what characterises your night, there is DAY after your night. There is the morning, coming. Now is your morning.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Father, I sincerely pray that you turn my night to day, with glory and power.
2. Lord, visit all Your children that are passing through difficult nights, and turn such experiences to bright days, for them.
3. Lord God of all flesh, stretch forth Your hands and turn the nightly experiences of Your ministers and members, in places that are hostile to the Gospel to day of victory.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Numbers 31 & John 7
Author: C.A.C WORLDWIDE
Remain blessed!