Sun.’s Devo -God Sees the End from the Beginning

Read: 1 Samuel 29:1-31:13; John 11:54-12:19; Psalm 118:1-18; Proverbs 15:24-26
I find it interesting that the king, Achish said of David the same thing that Pilate said of Jesus…”I find no fault in him.” But, like Jesus, the people and other leaders did. They didn’t think David would retain his loyalty to them but would use the opportunity to deflect to the other side and be a hero to his own nation. It doesn’t let us know if David would have done this or not, but God wanted David to be released so he could go home and save his own household. They had been attacked by the Amalekites and taken captive. David almost lost his men over this. They were so upset over losing their families and had to blame someone, so they blamed David. David sought the Lord. He called his only priest, Abiathar and had him use the Ummin and the Thummin to find out what would happen if he pursued the Amalekites to retrieve his family. God told him to pursue and that he would have victory.
God placed a sick slave on the road they were on so David could save the slave’s life and show them the way to their families. They were able to recover everything that was stolen. That is God’s will. If the devil has stolen your finances, your job, your relationships, etc. you need to ask God about it. He is the only one who will help you recover everything and everyone who has been lost.
Back at the battle between the Philistines and the Israelites, Saul and his sons were killed. God knew that if David had been in that battle, all Israel would have blamed Saul’s death on him and the nation would have been divided. God saved this from David so there would be a smoother transition. God always has a reason for all our disappointments. We just need to trust him.
In John, it is the season of the Passover, Jesus’ last. How ironic that many religious leaders went to the feast early to purify themselves and after they were clean they were waiting to kill the only one who could cleanse their sins.
Jesus showed up six days before the Passover to be anointed for burial by Mary, and to be welcomed into the city by those who accepted him as the Messiah.
It is interesting that Judas Iscariot was stealing from Jesus the whole time and Jesus never confronted him about it. That is something to ponder.
Jesus’ followers didn’t see all the prophecy that was being fulfilled before their very eyes until after it happened. That is usually the way it goes. We see better after we are out of the emotional upheaval and can look back with better perspective when we are more settled.
Lord, help us to see your promises being fulfilled in our lives and rejoice that we are walking out our destiny.