Sat.’s Devo - Judgment and New Life

Read: 1 Kings 2:1-3:3, Acts 5:1-42, Ps. 125:1-5, Pr. 16:25 David’s last words to Solomon were to follow the Lord and all his commands and to get retribution on all of David’s enemies, namely, Joab, Shimei, Adonijah, and Abiathar. David was closing the end of one dispensation and judgment came next. Solomon’s reign would mark a new dispensation. Solomon’s kingdom was established and immediately he made an alliance with Egypt and married the Pharoah’s daughter. What was he thinking? In Acts, they were beginning a new dispensation also. It was one of power and fulfillment. Ananias and Sapphira were still living in the old. They tried to impress the disciples by lying about the price of their property. They kept back some of it for themselves. It would have been okay if they had just told the truth. Lying cost them their lives because they were lying to the Holy Spirit who knows all. God’s judgment brought about the fear of God on the people. The disciples did it God’s way and He miraculously got them out of jail and confused the enemy. The Sanhedrin didn’t know what to do with men they couldn’t hold in prison. When we are operating under the power of the Holy Spirit, the devil cannot hold us in his prison. Depression won’t stick. Fear has no power and death has no sting! Lord, we want to walk in the realm that the disciples walked in. We refuse to let the devil hold us in his invisible prison of fear and intimidation.