Sun.’s Devo - Righteous Living

Read: Josh. 7:16-9:2, Luke 16:1-18, Ps. 82:1-8, Pr. 13:2-3 The first city the children of Israel came to was Jericho. They were to take nothing from it. All the spoils were the Lord’s. This was to be their tithe or first fruit that went to God, but Achan wanted an ornate robe and some silver and gold so he took it and hid it. This brought a curse on Israel so that when they went to defeat Ai which was just a little town, they were defeated. Thirty-six men were killed. They couldn’t figure out why they lost so they asked God and God told them. Achan was killed by stoning. Now the Israelites could go back and defeat Ai. This time they could have the plunder themselves. After the battle Joshua gathered all the people and took a stone and copied all the laws again on stones and read them out for all the people to hear. The inhabitants of the promise land got together and decided to go as one against Israel. We’ll see how that went later. In Luke we have another shrewd man like Achan. When he found out he was going to lose his job he went around bribing all his bosses clients so he would have some leverage with them when he was out of a job. Jesus said about them about honest dealings in this world. If we are honest with our own money and dealings, then we will be honest with God’s money. A theme for today’s reading is “be sure your sins will find you out.” Lord, help us to deal righteously and fairly in our daily lives and be generous towards people and You.