Fri.’s Devo. We Need a Saviour

Read 2 Sam. 2:12-3:39, John 13:1-30, Ps. 119:1-16, Pr. 15:29-30 The sum of today’s reading is found in 2 Sam. 3:1, “David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew waker and weaker. It was Abner, Saul’s commander against Joab, David’s commander. David got his wife back that he had gotten at the price of a hundred foreskins. I can’t help feeling sorry for her husband, Paltiel. Abner had agreed to give David his kingdom but Joab had a personal vendetta with him and killed Abner. The Old Testament is full of revenge, violence, and bad decisions but it is a picture for us to look at and see the heart of man. No wonder we needed a Saviour! As God was weeding out the bad in our Old Testament reading, Jesus was weeding out the leaven in his own group of disciples. He first declares the truth, then puts action behind his words. He declared that one of them would deceive him, then he acted on it and sent Judas out. When John asked him who the deceiver was, Jesus spelled it out and John still didn’t get it. When Jesus washed his disciple’s feet and they didn’t get that either, He was referring to their walk. If our actions are clean, then the rest of our body will get in alignment. Our walk comes from what is in our heart. Our walk and our actions are not always the same. Your walk is how you act in and out of the public eye. Our actions can be deceiving, but our walk stems from our heart. Lord, may you wash our feet today so that the rest of us may be clean.