Sat.’s Devo - God’s Plan

Read: 1 Chronicles 7:1-8:40; Acts 27:1-20; Psalm 7:1-17; Proverbs 18:22 Issacar had four sons who grew into 87,000 mighty warriors by the time David became king. Benjamin had three sons who eventually produced 59,434 warriors. Of Naphtali, we are reminded that he came from Jacob’s concubine Bilhah. He had four sons and that is all that was recorded of them at this place. Much more was recorded about Manasseh and Ephraim. Manasseh had two sons where Ephraim had nine. Ephraim and Manasseh were the two sons of Joseph who Jacob adopted. Jacob had prophesied that though Manasseh was the oldest, Ephraim would be the leader and the more powerful of the two. Two of Ephraim’s sons were killed trying to steal livestock from the local farmers near Gath. Ephraim greatly mourned their deaths. He had one more son after them. Joshua who led Israel into the promised land was from the tribe of Ephraim. Asher had four sons and a daughter. They produced 26,000 warriors. It is also said of Asher’s clan that they produced select warriors and outstanding leaders. Benjamin was the last son of Jacob. He had five sons. We see the first recorded divorce in his line. Shaharaim divorced his two wives and remarried. Saul and Jonathan were Benjamites. In Acts, Paul is put on a ship for Rome along with other prisoners. They were placed under the custody of the Roman officer, Julius. Julius was very kind to Paul and let him have freedom to visit his friends when they stopped in Sidon. From then on they met storm after storm. They changed ships in Myra and boarded an Egyptian ship from Alexandria that was bound for Italy. Paul felt that if they kept going they would shipwreck and lose lots of cargo and maybe their lives. He told the officer in charge of the prisoners but he listened to the ship’s captain instead and they kept going. The light wind turned into a typhoon and they fought for days to keep the ship together. They threw off cargo and gear. The storm was so great it blocked the sun and the stars so they couldn’t navigate. All hope was gone. I can relate to those kind of storms in life. When all hope is gone, God always has a plan. When our sun and stars and tools we use to navigate through life is no longer useful, God has a plan. He has a way when there seems no way. Lord, thank you for your ways are higher than ours. We choose your plan.