Thurs.’s Devo - Welcoming the Presence of the Lord

Read: 1 Chronicles 15:1-16:36; Romans 1:18-32; Psalm 10:1-15; Proverbs 19:6-7
David was well established in his kingdom and wanted to bring the ark there. He had a tent made to house the ark and had done research through the law to see why it had been such a failure the first time. He read where the priests had to carry the ark with poles so he brought in the priests from all over the land. He brought in 862 to be exact. He had singers, musicians, gate keepers and door keepers. I noticed that Obed-edom, the one who housed the ark got to be a door keeper.
David dressed in linen as a priest and danced in his linen robe. David was a type of Jesus who was both a priest and a king. Michael, Saul’s daughter watched him from her window and
scorned him in her heart. He embarrassed her because of his abandoned worship to the Lord.
There was a huge celebration and David gave everyone meat, bread and wine. Sacrifices were made with festive music and praise to the Lord. They sang a song that David penned. This was a picture of salvation coming to their land. It was worthy of such a loud and festive celebration.
Romans starts with a bang. Right off it begins with a defense of the gospel. It gives man no excuse to reject God. The godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit are obvious in nature. God’s invisible qualities, his eternal power and divine nature are all clear for all to see through His creation. Since they refused to acknowledge God, God turned them over to their own imagination so women became lesbians and men became gay. Their penalty came through their sin which resulted in HIV and other diseases. Their minds became depraved also and they entertained wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. This resulted in envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They became rebellious, arrogant, and disobedient to their parents. Then, they began to invent ways to do evil. They became faithless, ruthless, heartless, and senseless. Our today’s Psalm describes this wicked man.
Before we point any fingers, this is us without God. Thank God, by his mercy and plan, we are delivered from this way of thought and brought into the glorious liberty of salvation.