Thursday, May 25, 2017

Thurs.’s Devo - Live For Tomorrow

Read: 2 Samuel 7:1-8:18; John 14:15-31; Psalm 119:33-48; Proverbs 15:33
David is finally settled as the king. He has moved his operations to Jerusalem and built a palace to live in. Now he wants to build a temple for God. It sounded like a great idea until Nathan asked God about it. Nathan was David’s prophet. God told Nathan that he had never lived or asked to live in a house made of cedar. He was not a God who lived in a box. He was a spirit that went everywhere. God would establish the kingdom through David, and his offspring would build a temple. David was pleased with this answer. He now knew the plan for his life. He set out to establish the kingdom and defeat the enemies of God so that his offspring could rest in peace. As David defeated his enemies, he stored up their gold, silver and bronze for the temple. David was a good king.
We are all called to do what David did - to establish peace for the next generation. Maybe that peace needs to be in our own household or with the enemies of depression, hate, envy, lust, or fear. Whatever your generational curses are, you can be the one to stop them. You do that by battling them in the Spirit just like David did in the natural. The people he left living became his slaves. We need to make the devil serve us not vice versa.
In John, Jesus explained to his disciples who the Holy Spirit was and what he will do for them. He will be the counselor of truth. He would be invisible and only available to them. He would teach them all things and remind them of everything Jesus said to them while he was on earth. He would bring God’s peace. The Holy Spirit is all that for us too.
Lord, help us to be an enemy to your enemies and win. Remind us that what we do today affects tomorrow and all who will come behind us.

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