DCLM Daily Manna 10 May 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Contrasting Habits

TOPIC: Contrasting Habits (DCLM Daily Manna 10 May 2025)

KEY VERSE: “Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve” (Luke 22:3).

TEXT: Luke 22:1-13 (KJV)

1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.

5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.

6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.

8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.

9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?

10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.

11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.

13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

DCLM Daily Manna For Today MESSAGE:

A famous proverb among a large language stock in West Africa says that when wicked persons act out their evil thoughts and later protest the devil’s influence, we should disbelieve them. Their act is the product of an ingrained habit not allowed to be uprooted by heaven. The tendency to do evil is always present in them; they only need someone to prod them.

Judas had always been a covetous fellow. Satan reminded him of the old habit, and he fell for it. Contrast that with the attitude of two other disciples, Peter and John. They had always been faithful to the Lord. Christ asked them to prepare where to observe the Passover. True to character, they did so. Both parties acted on inbred nature: Peter and John on what Christ had built in them, and Judas on a satanic trait.

Testing times may emerge at decisive stages when we walk with the Lord. Here is Christ, about to observe His last Passover Feast with His disciples. The devil works on Judas’ old habit of betraying his Master. He feeds on that characteristic which Judas has refused to release to Christ to uproot. But here we have John and Peter. They have “left all”, including their hereditary behaviour, for Jesus to trash. Unlike in Judas, where he locates a home of greed, Satan comes and finds nothing to exploit for evil.

In order not to fail the critical tests of our salvation in Christ, we must constantly ensure that we have truly forsaken the luggage of the old nature: greed, worldliness, pride, lust, self-righteousness, self-will, prayerlessness, not heeding the signs of the times, not giving quality time to read and study the Bible, harbouring an unforgiving spirit, selfishness, spiritual laziness and so on. These cannot cohabit with the new life in Christ. Otherwise, the devil will readily find what to latch onto in us to lure us back into sin.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
It’s important to examine what you do and, more importantly, what you are.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
1 Corinthians 5-7

Deeper Life Daily Manna For Today 2025 was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.