Mon.’s Devo - The Truth Will Endure

Read: Numbers 14:1-15:16, Mark 14:53-72, Ps. 53:1-6, Pr. 11:4 The people chose to listen to the stories of the enemies in the land and were so angry with Moses they wanted to stone Moses. The Lord intervened and his glory came down upon the tabernacle which was always their sign that He had something to say. God was so provoked with these people that complained about everything, so He was ready to destroy all of them. Moses reminded God of how it would look to the rest of the world. God instead sentenced them to forty years in the wilderness in which all the complainers would die and never enter the promised land. Joshua and Caleb would live because they believed God. When the people heard this they decided they would try to enter the land without the ark of God. They were greatly defeated. In Mark, Jesus is put on trial for his ‘sins’. They can’t find a reason to kill him so the high priest asked Jesus out right if he was the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus answered, “I am.” The same answer God gave Moses when he asked him who He was. Then Jesus prophesied something He knew they would never get. He said, “and you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.” This sealed Jesus fate. Jesus knew who he was and was willing to die for the truth. Peter was having trouble with that as he denied Jesus three times. Sometimes the truth causes persecution and misunderstanding, but in the end the truth will stand. The truth caused Joshua and Caleb to out live all their piers and gained them entrance into the promised land. Jesus was the truth and He returned to His promised land of heaven. Peter knew the truth and later stood in front of 3,000 and proclaimed it. Lord, may we know the truth of who You are in our hearts and never deny it.