Fri.’s Devo - Seeing

Read: 1 Samuel 20:1-21:15; John 9:1-41: Psalms 113:1-114:8; Proverbs 15:15-17
David knew Saul’s intent to kill him but Jonathan was oblivious to it. David trusted Jonathan so they agreed to test Saul’s heart. Sadly, David was right and Saul indeed wanted to kill David. David and Jonathan made a pact that no matter what happened, David would always be kind to Jonathan and his family. David would keep that promise. Jonathan knew that David’s friendship might hinder his ascension to the throne but he was willing to chance it.
Jonathan was a beautiful example of the Holy Spirit and how he has no agenda of his own. He will do anything he can to get us where we are suppose to be. He is always working for our Heavenly Father to promote the kingdom of God on the earth.
Digging deeper: David was suppose to eat with Saul on the New Moon festival which is Roshashana or the Feast of Trumpets. It is the feast that Jesus will return for his bride known as the Rapture. David was taken from the presence of Saul and never ate at his table again. He met Jonathan at a stone called the Stone of Departure. The bride will depart from this earth on that day and never eat at the world’s table again!
David fled to Ahimelech, the priest’s house and ate bread that was illegal for a non-priest to eat. Normally, this would have cost him his life, but he was in a new kingdom and it gave him life instead. When we go to heaven we will eat of the mysteries of God that were not given to us before and it will be new life - eternal life.
David lied to Ahimelech about his mission in order to protect him and keep him innocent. It didn’t help that one of Saul’s head shepherds, Doeg saw Ahimelech give David the bread and Goliath’s sword. David went from there to Gath where he had to act like a crazy person to save his life.
In John, Jesus healed a man born blind. This was a big deal because the Jews believed that only the Messiah would be able to do that, and they also believed that any birth defect was due to the parent’s sin. Jesus specifically denied this to be true in this case.
The now-seeing man and his parents were interrogated by the Pharisees. The man declared that Jesus was a prophet and later he told them that he believed that Jesus was from God. His parents were not so strong. They cared more about their social standing and didn’t want to be thrown out of the synagogue. They put it back on their son. There son answered truthfully and was thrown out of the synagogue. Jesus found him later and invited him into his kingdom where he was accepted freely by grace.
Jesus explained that he was blind, but now he could see. The Pharisees could see, but were blind. This offended the Pharisees greatly.
Lord, help us to be bold like you are. Thank you for giving us eyes to see and believe. Help us to walk out our belief so that others can see.