Monday, November 2, 2015

Mon.’s Devo - Occupy Till I Come

Read: Luke 18:15-43; Luke 19:1-48
Jesus makes the statement of how hard it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven then gives us an example of a rich man who did named Zacchaeus. The rich that think they don’t need anything else are the ones Jesus was talking about but the rich who realized there had to be more were the ones, like Zacchaeus who could receive him. Jesus chose to spend time with him. Zacchaeus realized he was lost so Jesus found him.
Jesus told a parable about the future of Jerusalem. Jesus was the nobleman who would be going to heaven to prepare a place for his followers. They were to occupy and expand his kingdom on earth while he was gone. He gave out authority in different measures to different men and the first two expanded his kingdom but the other hid his light under a bushel and didn’t expand the kingdom. The third man was reprimanded by the Lord for being selfish. He lost the authority he had and it was given to the man with the most. Every man is going to one day give an account for their life on earth.
Jesus entered the city on a donkey following the same steps as the temple passover lamb. The people that had gathered to watch the temple lamb were still assembled when Jesus came. They spontaneously praised Jesus as being the king. This upset the Pharisees who told Jesus to silence his disciples. Jesus said that if he tried to make them be quiet then the stones would rise up and praise him. All creation groans in expectation of the sons of God to be brought forth. These rocks would have been on the earth when God said, “let there be light.” so they were aware of who Jesus was.
Right before Jesus entered Jerusalem he wept over it because they had missed their visitation.
Lord, don’t let us miss our visitation from you.

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