Tues.’s Devo - Bringing up the Ark

Read: 1 Chronicles 15:1-16:36; Romans 1:18-32; Psalm 10:1-15; Proverbs 19:6-7 David had built several buildings for himself in his city and a tent to house the Ark. He read in the law that the Levites were suppose to carry the Ark and use the poles so David was ready to bring it from Obed-edom’s house to the City of David. He called all Israel to Jerusalem to witness the Ark being brought to the City of David. He summoned the priests and they purified themselves. A choir was formed with singers, harps, lyres, and cymbals. They all went to Obed-edom’s house to get the ark. Seven bulls and seven rams were sacrificed. david dressed in a robe of fine linen like the priests. The Ark was brought up with the blowing of ram’s horns and trumpets, cymbals, and our playing on harps and lyres. It was a great celebration. David danced in the streets and his wife, Michal saw him from her window and was angry with David. When they had put the Ark in the special tent David had made, the people were given gifts and were led in worship. They blessed the Lord and thanked him for all he had done for them. David had written a song of thanksgiving to the Lord which was sung. All the people responded with the shouts of “Amen!” and praised the Lord. In Romans, Paul said that people’s wickedness suppresses the truth. God has to respond to their actions. They have no excuse when they stand before God because everything God has made clearly shows his eternal power and divine nature. Because they refused to worship God for who he was, they made up who they wanted God to be and worshiped their idols they made with their own hands. God gave them over to their own imaginations and they did terrible things to each other and traded the truth about God for a lie. They worshiped the things God made instead of the Creator himself. This caused them to pervert everything God had planned for mankind. Men became lovers of men and suffered in their own bodies the penalty for their sins. The sin of those who refused to worship God caused them to become heartless and merciless. They not only did these sinful things themselves but encouraged others to do them even though they knew that the things they did caused them to deserve to die. They need to read the Psalm for today. Lord, we see the people described in Romans today and it grieves us. I can’t imagine how much it grieves You. Forgive us and heal us, Lord. We need You; You are our only hope.