Fri.’s Devo - Bringing Up the Ark

Read: 1 Chronicles 15:1-16:36; Romans 1:18-32; Psalm 10:1-15; Proverbs 19:6-7
David saw how the ark had blessed the house of Obed-Edom and knew that the ark was God’s presence but he had done something wrong in his process of bringing the ark to Jerusalem. He went back to the law and found out that the ark had to be carried by Levites with poles on their shoulders. This time he wanted to do it right.
He assigned Levites who could sing, play lyres, harps, and cymbals and who could blow the ram’s horn and the trumpet. He supplied animals for sacrificing and the Levites brought up the ark with great celebration and praise. He wore a linen ephod and danced before the ark as it came into the city.
His wife, Michal who was the daughter of Saul, saw him dancing in his linen robe and hated him in her heart. She hated that he humbled himself before God when he was the king. David knew who the real king was and that he was worthy of all his praise.
David led all Israel in a psalm to the Lord. It reminded Israel of who they were and what God had done for them.
In Romans we find that we are without excuse in knowing there is a God. He reveals who he is and his attributes through the things he has made. His invisible qualities, eternal power and divine nature are all shown us in nature. But, because men rejected God and his power and chose to make their own foolish gods, God turned them over to their own devices. They abandoned natural affection to homosexuality. Their heart became full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They became gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful. They did evil and disobeyed their parents; becoming senseless, faithless, heartless and ruthless. We can look at what is going on in our world and see this. The gray is gone and things have become more black and white. Everyone has an opinion and the only one that is right is God’s. Our Psalms tells us that the wicked with be called to account for he deeds one day.
Lord, help us to see your invisible attributes to day through the things you have made. Great is your Name!