Thurs.’s Devo - How To See

Read: 1 Samuel 20:1-21:15; John 9:41; Psalms 113:1-114:8; Proverbs 15:15-17
David had to convince Jonathan of his father’s disdain for him so he gave Jonathan a test to prove it. Saul had taken David from his family and became his family and now rejected him. Jonathan put his father to the test and realized that David was right. His father hated David and was obsessed with the idea of killing him. David would spend years running from Saul and fighting for his life.
David went to the priest, Ahimelech and didn’t want to tell him he was running from Saul. He didn’t want Ahimelech to have to make the choice between him and Saul. He asked for food and a sword. The only bread he had was bread from the shewbread table that was only for the priests but he gave it to David and his men. God didn’t kill them for eating the holy bread. The only sword the priest had was the one of Goliath’s - the one that David had taken from him. In a way, God was restoring to David what was rightfully his. David was a true priest to the Lord because he knew how to worship God and evoke his presence.
He then left for Gath where he had to pretend to be insane to save his own life. God will give us witty ways to outsmart the devil if we will listen.
In John, Jesus healed a man who was born blind. The Pharisees made such a big deal about this because healing a person born blind was one of the three criteria they had written in their books that would be something only the Messiah would be able to do. The healed man’s own parents wouldn’t take up for him because they didn’t want to be thrown out of the synagogue. They knew that if they acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah, then they would be excommunicated. How sad, that they loved the laws and religion of man more than their own son and more than God, himself.
The man that was healed was brought before the religious leaders to testify about what happened to him. He ended up being excommunicated so he came back to Jesus and received his salvation. Jesus explained that he came to make the blind see and those who see, blind. The Pharisees claimed to see, so they became blind, but those who were teachable began to see.
It is the same today. If we remain teachable and humble, our eyes will be opened more and more. But if we claim to know everything, we will become blind.
Lord, help us to remain teachable and open to what you are revealing on the earth.