Sun.’s Devo - Deep Sayings

Read 1 Sam. 10:1-11:15, John 6:43-71, Ps. 107:1-43, Pr. 15:1-3 I couldn’t help noticing all the “threes” in this reading: three men, three goats, three loaves, 300,000 men of Israel, 30,000 men of Judah. Three means to conform to the seed since that is what God created on the third day. The desire for a king was their seed of rebellion against God and Saul was the result. He started out humble and good but didn’t end too well. In John, Jesus started out saying that no one could come to God unless God drew them to Him. Then Jesus gave one of his toughest-to-believe teachings. It was all about how we must eat Jesus’s flesh and drink His blood. When the disciples told Him that this saying was hard for them to swallow, Jesus said that this was why no one could come to Jesus unless God enabled him to. Only God can open our spiritual eyes to see. I think I am so use to being able to “see” that it is hard for me to realize others can’t. Even among Jesus elite group, there was one who never did see. Lord, give us eyes to see and ears to hear and hearts to understand Your great mysteries.