Wed.’s Devo - Taking the Spoils

Read: 1 Chron. 22:1-23:32, Ro. 3:9-31, Ps. 12:1-8. Pr. 19:13-14 I love that David understood that God’s house should be exceeding magnifical, so grand that all would hear of it. It was to be a representation of God’s house in heaven. It is also to be a picture of us as Christians. We should look valuable to the world. We should shine forth the glory of God. We are the temple of the Holy Sprit. David had stored up gold and silver from the spoils of his enemies to use to build God’s house. When we fight the enemy and win, we get spiritual gold and silver. On earth, the gold looks like wisdom and the silver looks like knowledge. Solomon’s reign was to be a reign of rest and peace. David’s reign was a reign of battles against the enemy and victory. We live in David’s reign in this world; we are at war with the Devil,. But we are invited to live in Solomon’s reign. David and Solomon are both types of Jesus. Victorious Christian living is living in rest in the midst of war. The Christian who can do this is the overcomer. In Romans, Paul is explaining that the Jews who chose to stay under the law were not justified by their works. Righteousness can only be obtains outside the law by faith in Jesus. Only faith in the blood of Jesus can give us freedom for sin. One of the most important things we read today is that the law is not void because of Jesus, it is established in Jesus. Jesus was the law that became flesh. It has always been about faith. “By faith, Abraham…” Lord, thank you for Your blood that washes us and makes us white as snow. May we take back from the Devil all that has been stolen from us.