Mon.’s Devo - The Alltoments

Read Joshua 19:1-20:9; Luke 19:28-48; Psalm 88:1-18; Proverbs 13:12-14 The second allotment went to Simeon. His territory was right in the middle of Judah’s land. So he was surrounded by “praise.” Simeon means “to hear and hearken”. It is easy to hear God’s voice when you surround yourself with praise. His land included four towns. The third lot fell to Zebulun. His land was in the north and included twelve towns The fourth went to Issachar and it was right below Zebulun’s land. His lot consisted of sixteen towns. The fifth lot went to Asher which was the northern most land next to the Mediterranean Sea. His land consisted of Tyre and Sidon, twenty-two towns in all. The sixth lot fell to Napthtali which was to the east of Asher’sland. It had nineteen towns. The seventh lot fell to Dan and included eighteen towns. They had trouble taking their land so they took the town of Laish and renamed it Dan setting up dominion over the rest of the land. When all the land was doled out, Joshua got to choose where he wanted to live. He chose Timnath-serah which means “abundant portion”. It was in the hill country of Ephraim which was right in the middle of the whole land. Next, God told them to designated cities of refuge for the innocent accused of murder. They chose Kedesh in the north, Shechem in the center and Hebron in the south. In Luke, Jesus sent his disciples to get a donkey that he could ride into Jerusalem. Jesus had never ridden on a donkey before, but he was doing what his Father in Heaven wanted him to do. Kings ride on donkeys. As Jesus rode his donkey into Jerusalem there were people from miles around all ascending upon Jerusalem from all over Israel. They would sing the Psalms of the Ascent (Psalms 113-118). They sang those songs to Jesus as he passed them and threw down their palm branches so he could walk on them. This was exactly what they would do for the pascal lamb that would be the temple lamb. He was ascending upon Jerusalem at that exact moment from the other side of the Temple. When Jesus saw the city he wept because he had come to bring them peace. They chose to reject him so they rejected the peace that could have been theirs. Instead, their enemies would prevail over them and the city would be torn to the ground and they would all be crushed. Jesus went to the Temple and saw the people selling animals for sacrifices. He drove them out crying, “My Temple will be a house of prayer, but you have turned it into a den of thieves. This was prophesied by both Isaiah (56:7) and Jeremiah (7:11). Lord, thank you for boundaries that you set for our protection and your plan. Thank you that You are the peace in our lives and your mercies are new every morning.