Sat.’s Devo - David's Government

Read: 1 Chronicles 26:12-27:34; Romans 4:13-5:5; Psalm 14:1-7; Proverbs 19:17 The gatekeepers were assigned by sacred lots and God chose them without regard for their age or training. The one chosen to lead the group in charge of the east gate went to Meshelemiah which means “reconciliation”. The one in charge of the north gate was Zechariah and his name means “remembered of Jehovah,” who was given unusual wisdom. The south gate went to Obed-edom which mean “praise” and he was in charge of the storehouse. Two were assigned to the west gate: Shuppim and Hosah and their names mean “bared one” and “trusting”. Those who entered the temple were always to go out the opposite door so if you came in need of reconciliation you could go out lighthearted and trusting. If you entered with praise you would go out with wisdom remembering all God has done for you. The three that were in charge of the treasure were pictures of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It reminds me of the scripture that says we have this treasure, the Godhead, in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us (2 Corinthians 4:7). Next, we have a list of the generals and captains and their officers who are the picture of the army that God has. We have a whole army at our disposal so we need to start commanding it to fight in our behalf and for our nation. Joab was the commander of David’s army and his name means “God is our Father”. Paul encourages us to have the faith of Abraham. Abraham believed in the God that brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing. Abraham had hope when there was no reason to have hope. God had promised that he would become the father of many nations and his faith did not weaken or waver even though his body was 100 years old and the promise had not come. God counted his faith as righteousness to him just as God counts our faith as righteousness. When we don’t see the answers to our prayers right away we can know that God is producing endurance in us to make us stronger and strengthen our confident hope of salvation. He has also given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. Lord, we thank you that you have promised to make this nation great again for your glory and no matter what we see with our natural eyes, we are trusting you to bring your promises to pass.