Sat.’s Devo - Receiving the Prophetic 7-9-14

Read: 1 Chronicles 7:1-8:40, Acts 27:1-20, Ps. 7:1-17, Pr. 18:22 Benjamin has an interesting family. It is full of family riffs. They deported some of their own family out of the land and one guy divorced two of his wives. Benjamin also had some mighty men of valor in his line. I’ve always thought that Benjamin was a type of the Gentile church since he was the brother that wasn’t there to kill Joseph just like the Gentiles didn’t kill Jesus, the Jews did. So I guess that sounds about right…we have divisions, divorces, and mighty warriors in the church today. In Acts, we have the account of Paul’s trip to Rome. There are some people who don’t believe or are afraid of, or don’t understand the prophetic. Paul happened to be on a ship with a person like this. God showed Paul what would happen if they set out to sail, but the centurion believed the master of the ship more. The owner of the ship would naturally know more about storms and sailing than Paul since Paul was a tent maker by trade, not a sailor. Paul wasn’t reading the signs of the weather, he was reading God’s mind. A tempest on the water comes up with no warning so only by the help of the Holy Spirit, could anyone predict a tempest. I wonder what the centurion thought after hours of fighting the storm. Paul stood up and told them no one was going to die and the centurion believed Paul this time. We all have gifts and sometimes they have to be proven before people honor them, but God knows just how to do that. Lord, You are our refuge and our deliverer. You search the minds and hearts of every man. May ours be pure.