Fri.’s Devo - Joyful in Tribulation

Read: 1 Chron. 26:12-27:34, Romans 4:13-5:5, Ps. 14:1-7, Pr. 19:17 The gatekeepers watched over the king’s treasury rooms. In the treasury rooms were all the spoils of war. The gatekeepers were taken from the tribe of Levite. Other Levites were great warriors who became rulers over the tribes or Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh. It took twenty-four thousand workers to run the kingdom so every tribe took a month of service. In the first month, Jashobeam, from the tribe of Judah was in charge and it progressed from there. In Romans, Paul is explaining the fact that Abraham was righteous before the law according to his faith. Abraham believed things he had never seen because God said them. He believed the impossible and saw it become possible. His faith made him righteous. We should be joyful in out tribulations because they produce patience in us. Tribulations cause us to have to wait on God and relinquish our rights to control and give God that job. This patience is a teaching experience where we get to learn to trust in God. The experience gives us hope the next time we go through a trial because we remember how God came through for us the last time. God honors hope. Lord, thank you for all the times You have made a way where there didn’t seem to be one and how You met all our needs according to Your riches in heaven.