Welcome to "Victorious Daily Devotion" in the sweet and loving name of Jesus Christ! ๐โโ๏ธ๐๐๐ Topic: Two Major Decisions Of Naomi. Ungodly/Worldy Decision And Godly Decision. Life is full of decisions. Day to day decisions and major decisions. Pls read prayerfully Ruth 1 1 to 6 verses. KJV so that you can understand today's devotion easily. We will discuss today 1st major decision taken by both Naomi and her husband, Elimelech. We see here Naomi and Elimelech were living as citizens in a very rich and blessed nation and place, called Bethlehem. Bethlehem means "House of Bread." Elimelech, Hebrew name, means "My God is King" A very proud and blessed name indeed. Naomi means, Pleasant.They had two sons. As long as they lived in Bethlehem the very name Naomi, she indeed has been living a joyful and pleasant life. And Elimelech experiencing God as His king by obeying the commands of king. But we ought to understand life now or 2000 years back, either rich nation or poor nation, blessed nation or a cursed nation or poverty stricken nation, all have their own share of challenges, sometimes Victories, defeats, joy, sorrow, anguish, grief, promotions and demotions. Though they had famine in Bethlehem but still it's a blessed and divine place of Israelites. And the period of dryness will not last long. And grace of God will prevail over the place sooner... But, they took a wrong decision to sojourn to Moab, to enjoy immediate pleasures, knowing it's a cursed nation. The very name Moab means, "Destruction." If we read carefully they decided to sojourn means, decided to stay there for a certain period only, but looked like they stayed for much longer time, till disaster struck them. Naomi's husband died. When we decide to sin one time, it repeats and later we stay in that sin. When we are in sin, we don't know what we are doing. This is what happened. Naomi makes a 2nd mistake. She marries her two sons to heathens, the Moabites. Then we see both the sons died. Pleasant Naomi tasted grief, sorrow and anguish. She was no more pleasant but struck with bitterness and grief. The decisions we chose to take on daily basis, and the major decisions we take are very important. If ungodly decisions or wrong decisions are taken, they not only ruin an individual but the entire family, an entire Organisation, or ministry or an entire church. They all must be taken unitedly in a godly and Christ Centred manner. Whether we take personal decision, or a family decision or a ministerial decision, we ought to carefully, prayerfully and unitedly take decisions lest we tread on Moab and be destroyed. Tomorrow we will see what happens to Naomi when she took her 2nd major decision of her life. Every decision we take will either make us or break us. Every decision we take will either bring blessings or destruction. So Lord, help us to take godly decisions which bring joy peace and divine blessings.... If you are blessed with devotion you are welcome to share with us. God bless! ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐๐ Benedict James. Our contact for queries or any prayer request @91 97040 28977
