Sat.’s Devo - The Rightful Kings

Read: 2 Samuel 1:1-2:11; John 12:20-50; Psalm 118:19-29; Proverbs 15:27-28 David came home to Ziklag with his family and the families of all his men and began to rebuild. After three days, a man stumbled into their town from the battle. He said he was from Saul’s army although he was an Amelekite. None of his story sounded legit. He said that he was the one who killed Saul. He had brought his crown and armband to David hoping for a reward. Little did he know his lies would cause his death. David rebuked him for killing God’s anointed and had him killed immediately. David composed a song lamenting the death of Saul and Jonathan. David asked the Lord if he should move back to a town in Judah and the Lord said he should move to Hebron. So, David took his two wives and his men and moved to Hebron where the men of Judah anointed him king over the people of Judah. Saul’s commander, Abner had proclaimed Ishbosheth king over Ephraim and Benjamin and all the rest of Israel. Ishbosheth ruled for two years whiled David ruled 7 and a half years in Hebron. In John, some Greeks had sought to meet Jesus but when Philip went to tell Jesus, he was in another dimension. He talked of entering into his glory. I’m sure they were thinking he was about to become the king of the Jews on the earth, but he was talking about entering into heaven and ruling from there. Jesus was showing his humanity as he didn’t know how to pray. Should he pray to be saved from this hour? He concluded that this was the very reason he came to the world, to bring glory to His name. God spoke from heaven and said, “I have already brought glory to my name, and I will do so again.” Some of the crowd heard the voice and some heard it as thunder. (Isn’t that true about God’s voice. Those who are spiritually listening to his voice will hear it clearly while others will hear it as noise.) Jesus told them that it was time to throw Satan out as the ruler of this world and for him to rule. The people listening liked that part until he talked about dying and then they were really confused. They told him that they thought the Messiah would live forever. Jesus told them that his light would shine a little longer, meaning his life on earth, but they must put their trust in the light so they themselves could become children of the light. Despite all the signs and wonders that Jesus did, most of the people did not believe in him. Isaac had prophesied this. Others did believe in him. Some of these were the religious leaders but they were afraid of losing their position if they acknowledged it publicly. Jesus shouted to the crowds that to trust him was to trust in God who sent him. He would not judge those who didn’t believe in him now, because he came to save them. But they would be judged at the end of world. He was only telling them what God said. Both of our testaments are about the rightful king being declared to the world. Only a few acknowledged David as their king and only a few saw Jesus as their king. Both of those audiences grew and grew until David was brought back as the king of both nations and Jesus was declared the Saviour of the world. Lord, may our ears be in tune with Your voice and may we hear You clearly.