Wed.’s Devo - The True Riches

Read: Joshua 15:1-63: Luke 18:18-43; Psalm 86:1-17; Proverbs 13:9-10
Today we read about the territory of Judah which takes up a lot of space to describe. We also find that Joshua did give Caleb the city of Hebron where all the patriarchs were buried. The Anaks occupied the city at the time. They were the people who wore neck chains and added them as they grew so that when they were adults their necks were very long. Caleb took Hebron and displaced the three descendants of Anak then offered his daughter’s hand for anyone who would capture Kiriath Sepher. Kiriath Sepher means “city of the book”. The man who took the city was called Othniel which means “seasonal speaking of God”.
This looks like a picture of God’s people reclaiming their godly inheritance. Our inheritance is God’s Word, written and spoken. God speaks very loudly through his seasons and feasts we have to reclaim them from the enemy just as Caleb did.
Caleb’s daughter was a lot like her father in that she knew what was valuable. She knew that her and her husband, Othniel would need water for their new land so she asked for the springs of water. We can have the Word, but without the Holy Spirit which is the living water, it is just words. The Holy Spirit gives it life.
In Luke, a rich ruler wanted to know how to have eternal life. You can tell by his response that he really couldn’t grasp eternity. He wanted his good life here and then a good life after death. Jesus wanted him to know that this life was not about what you can get for yourself, but what you can give. The next life is the life of abundance. When he told him to sell everything he had and give it to the poor, Jesus was dealing with his heart. We are to live in the knowledge that it is all God’s. God, himself is our inheritance.
Then Jesus took his disciples aside and told them what was going to be awaiting them in Jerusalem. It would be everything the prophets had said: he would be handed over to the Gentiles. They would mock him, insult him, spit on his face, flog him, and kill him. On the third day he would rise. The disciples were totally blinded to what he was saying.
Next, he meets a blind man who gets Jesus’ attention and he heals him and he can see. This is a picture of the disciples. They were totally blinded just like this man but soon they would see and praise God.
Lord, help us to see the invisible kingdom of God with our spiritual eyes and strive for what is truly valuable in your eyes.