Sun.’s Devo - God’s Parables

Ex. 15:19-17:7, Matt. 22:1-33, Ps. 27:1-6, Pr. 6:20 God spoke in parables in the Old Testament just like Jesus did in the New. The Lord rained down bread from heaven for the children of Israel and in the New Testament Jesus, the bread of life come down from heaven to walk upon earth. He is sufficient for every day and we don’t have to worry about the next day. His mercies will be new every morning just as the manna was new every morning, except the Sabbath. Obedience was the key. God made some manna to last for a day, some to last two days, and some to be put in a jar and last for generations. He’s got our needs covered. When the water was bitter, God instructed Moses to put a piece of wood into the water and the water would become sweet. The wooden cross took the bitterness out of sin and made grace sweet. When the children of Israel had no water and thought they would die, God told Moses to take strike a rock and water would come out. Jesus is the rock and from his side flowed water and blood. This blood gave us eternal life. The parable in Matthew was of a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. The ones invited all had excuses why they couldn’t come, so the father told the servants to go to anyone they could find and compel them to come. One man showed up with out the required wedding garments and he was thrown into the darkness. God has prepared a wedding for his son, Jesus, and we are all invited, but we have to be wearing the blood of Jesus as our covering or we will be thrown into hell. I love it when the Pharisees try to trap Jesus with their parables. It never works and they end up the ones running away with their tails between their legs. Lord, we praise You because you hide us in the shelter of Your tabernacle and set us high upon a rock.