Sun.’s Devo - Choose the Promises

Read Lev. 25:47-27:13, Mark 10:32-52, Ps. 45:1-17, Pr. 10:22 Today’s reading was so full of promises for following after God and curses for not. How could they chose not to follow God? The greatest promise God gave them was to make his dwelling place among them. He was talking about in the Tabernacle, but our promise is that he will put dwell inside of us. The other promises were continual abundance and confidence in the face of their enemies. The curse was removing His presence, poverty and fear. We see the lovingkindness of the Lord in Lev. 26:40-42. If they humbly turned back to God, he would restore his promises to them. The key to being great in the kingdom of God in the New Testament is also humility. Jesus explained that He didn’t come to the world to be served, so neither should we seek this. The key to seeing God move in power is faith. Psalms 45 is a wedding song that represents the bride of Christ. She is honored by God, majestic and beautiful. She is told to forget her people and her father’s house because the king finds her beautiful. He is to be her lord, now. God would say that same thing to us. We have to forget our past and where we came from. God has has a much better future for us. Lord, help us to chose to walk in your promises and become your bride.