DAILY MANNA True Love TEXT: JUDGES 11:29-40 January 2 Key verse And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon (Judges 11:36). Devotion As we reflect on the story of Jephthah and his vow in our text, we cannot but notice the love and devotion of his only daughter to him. She was a child that shared in the dream and vision of her father and did everything to demonstrate this. No doubt, her heart must have gone with her father as he went out in the battle against the children of Ammon. And as the father returned in victory, she led her friends with joy and singing to welcome him without knowing the vow he had made to God. As the father expressed grief concerning this, she encouraged him to pay his vow even though that would bring so much pain and loss to her. Her love for her father made her to be willing to support him to pay his vow. It is interesting to note that when she asked her father for two months to bemoan her virginity with her friends in a faraway place, she willingly returned after the period. She did not see that as an opportunity to run away. She was fully submissive, yielded and obedient to her father, even to the point of being willing to be used to pay her fathers vow. What a love! Do we have such love and commitment in our homes today? How many children are willing to be that submissive and obedient to their parents to the point of making painful sacrifices for them? How do we show our love for God and for one another in the family of God? Where there is true love, there will be obedience, encouragement and support one for another in the will of God. There will be the willingness to stand by one another in trying and difficult moments as we all forge ahead in our pilgrimage with commitment to God and His cause in the world. THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR MATTHEW 4 - 5 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY There is no better way to show your love than by your deeds.
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