THE LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE August 12, 2025
THE LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE August 12, 2025.
TOPIC: CELEBRATING THE UNIQUENESS OF LEFT-HANDERS
MEMORISE
I will praise You, for i am fearfully and wonderfully made, Marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well (Psalm 139:14).
READ:
Judges 3:12-30
[12]. And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord.
[13]. Then he gathered to himself the people of Ammon and Amalek, went and defeated Israel, and took possession of the City of Palms.
[14]. So the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
[15]. But when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
[16]. Now Ehud made himself a dagger (it was double-edged and a cubit in length) and fastened it under his clothes on his right thigh.
[17]. So he brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)
[18]. And when he had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who had carried the tribute.
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[19]. But he himself turned back from the stone images that were at Gilgal, and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” He said, “Keep silence!” And all who attended him went out from him.
[20]. So Ehud came to him (now he was sitting upstairs in his cool private chamber). Then Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” So he arose from his seat.
[21]. Then Ehud reached with his left hand, took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
[22]. Even the hilt went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the dagger out of his belly; and his entrails came out.
[23]. Then Ehud went out through the porch and shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.
[24]. When he had gone out, Eglon’s servants came to look, and to their surprise, the doors of the upper room were locked. So they said, “He is probably attending to his needs in the cool chamber.”
[25]. So they waited till they were embarrassed, and still he had not opened the doors of the upper room. Therefore they took the key and opened them. And there was their master, fallen dead on the floor.
[26]. But Ehud had escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the stone images and escaped to Seirah.
[27]. And it happened, when he arrived, that he blew the trumpet in the mountains of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mountains; and he led them.
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[28]. Then he said to them, “Follow me, for the Lord has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him, seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.
[29]. And at that time they killed about ten thousand men of Moab, all stout men of valor; not a man escaped.
[30]. So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.
EXPOSITION
Tomorrow, we are going to celebrate the unique blessing of being left-handed in a world where right-handedness is often seen as the norm. God’s Word holds that whether left-handed or right-handed, we are all part of His masterful design, and each part of our being reflects His creativity and purpose.
For left-handed persons, routing a world designed primarily for the right-handed can sometimes be challenging, even with simple tasks like using scissors, writing in notebooks, or even shaking hands. Yet, these challenges serve as opportunities to embrace our God-ordained uniqueness and diversity that have woven into the fabric of humanity.
Ehud is a left-handed person in the Bible whose left-handedness became a powerful instrument of deliverance in God’s hands. Similarly, God will use your unique qualities to fulfil His purpose and bring glory to His name. Our differences aren’t accidents, but God’s show of creativity and sovereignty. Stop stigmatizing the left-handed.
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PRAYER POINTS
- Ask God to forgive you where you have marginalized, or stigmatized others, including the left-handed.
- Pray that God should help you to rightly appreciate your uniqueness and those of others onto His glory.
- Pray for CAC Orekoya Region, our father in the Lord, the Regional Superintendent, and other officers at the various levels as led by the Spirit of God.
SUGGESTED HYMN FOR TODAY:
CAC GHB: Var. 8
11 11 11 12 & Ref
Come and let us praise the Lord, Hallelujah
He who knows goodness of Jesus should praise Him
Come and let us praise the Lord, Hallelujah
He who knows goodness of Jesus should praise Him
He who knows goodness of Jesus should praise Him
He who knows goodness of Jesus should praise Him
Come and let us praise the Lord, Hallelujah
He who knows goodness of Jesus should praise Him
- He who left heav’n and came into the world.
And to die for the sins of all the people
Sing Hallelujah unto the Holy King
He who knows goodness of Jesus should praise Him.
- He who is caring for our us everyday
He who is saving us from every danger
He that keepeth Israel shall never slumber
He who knows goodness of Jesus should praise Him.
- He that provides for our daily needs on earth
He that shows goodness unto us everyday
His goodness unto us are unnumbered
He who knows goodness of Jesus should praise Him.
Amen
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:
Jeremiah 20-22
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