Mons.’s Devo - God Moves During the Feasts

Read 1 Sam. 12:1-13:22, John 7:1-29, Ps. 108:1-13, Pr. 15:4 Samuel says his parting words as he leaves the scene as the last judge and Saul enters as the first king. He reminds them of their sin of wanting a king then of the time of the year. It is the wheat harvest, the same time of the year that God gave the Law on Mt. Sinai. This is the time of the feast of Pentecost. Just like the time of Moses there is thunder and rain and the people are in awe of God and their leader. Saul rules for 12 years but makes a bad mistake early in his reign. He impatiently offered the sacrifice that only Samuel was to offer. This displeased God so much, He told him He was done with Saul and was going to raise up a king after His own heart. Saul moved according to his own heart. In John, it is the time of the feast of tabernacles. All the Jews are to go to Jerusalem on this day with their family. Jesus tells his family to go ahead of him. They are not believers in Him and He doesn’t want them to hinder what God tells Him to do. Halfway through the feast he appears in the temple courts and starts teaching. The people are still debating whether Jesus is the Christ. Jesus always knows their thoughts and words and answers them. If they were such keepers of the law then Jesus wanted to know why they wanted to kill him. Isn’t “thou shalt not kill” in the top ten? They denied wanting to kill him. They argued over his birth saying no one was suppose to know where the Messiah came from. They didn’t understand it wasn’t talking about his hometown, but his heavenly beginning. Lord, help us to remember that the tongue that brings healing is a tree of life!