Sun.’s Devo - Let Praise Lead You

Read: Numbers 2:1-3:51; Mark 11:27-12:17; Psalm 47:1-9; Proverbs 10:24-25
The tribes were to camp around the Tent of Meeting in the shape of a cross. God would look down from heaven and see a huge cross full of his people in their divisions. They marched in a certain order with Judah leading. Judah means “praise” so praise led them. We will not fall to depression or defeat if we let praise lead us in every situation. Our Psalm today is a great declaration of praise.
Every tribe had its own meaning, purpose and gifts. The tribes were a picture of the Body of Christ moving in their gifts. We are unified and unbeatable when we march in our places.
The last tribe would be Dan which means “judgement”. Judgement is the last thing that God does.
Within the Levite tribe, the different families had different purposes. The Levites were the ones fully given to the Lord. They were now to take the place of the first born sons. These are the ones God had chosen to represent his remnant. There were not enough Levites to represent all the first born males of the tribes so they had to buy back 273 of them.
This was a picture of the transfer of choice. One day, the Lord would reject his chosen people, the Jews, as his consecrated people to the Gentiles but many Jews would be bought back also.
In Mark we see the total rejection of Jesus by the Pharisees. They were the evil tenants that God had placed over the people to teach them about God. Instead, they had led the people astray and killed the owner of the vineyard (Jesus).
Lord, we thank you that went the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.