Wed.’s Devo - Teach Your Children Well

Read: Deutero no hy 11:1-12:32; Luke 8:22-39; Psalm 70:1-5; Proverbs 12:4 Moses gave the parents a stern talk about their children. It was up to them to tell them all the things God had done for them at the Red Sea and how he disciplined them when they disobeyed. *** The land they were coming to was not like Egypt where they had to make irrigation ditches in the sand. This land was watered by heaven and had lush green grass and trees that bore fruit. God would bless their harvests with rain and plenty as long as they continued to obey and worship him alone. *** God would drive out enemies much greater than them and die them the land he had mapped out. They would have the choice of blessings or curses. If they followed the Lord, they would have blessings If they didn’t, they would have curses. When they drove out their enemies, they were to destroy their pagan images and places of worship and completely erase the name of their gods. *** God will show them the place where he was to be worshipped. When they came into their land, they would be able to eat all meat, even unclean meat as long as they drained the blood first. *** Moses ended with, “Be careful to obey all the commands I give you, You must not add anything to them or subtract anything from them” ***In Luke, Jesus and his disciples left Galilee to go across to Genesenes. There was a storm that night that had the disciples fighting for their lives. Jesus was asleep in the bottom of the boat. When they woke him up he went above and rebuked the storm and it stopped immediately. He asked the disciples, “Where is your faith?” *** The storm was Satan’s warning not to come to his land. He had a principality living in a man who lived in the hells. Satan did not want to lose this man, but God had other plans He met Jesus when they landed and recognized who he was. Jesus cast the devils out of him and they begged Jesus not to torture them or send them to the bottomless pit. Jesus sent them into swine who jumped off the cliff and drown in the water below. *** The people of the town heard what was going on and came to see the crazy man sitting with his sanity and clothes. This scared them so much they drove Jesus out of town. The man wanted to go with Jesus, but Jesus told him to stay and tell everyone what God had done for him. He did and the next time Jesus came, they were all waiting for him and welcomed him with opened arms. *** Lord, may we learn from this last story that when people reject us because of Christ it is just because they don’t understand. When they get understanding they will welcome us and hear what we have to say. I believe that day is coming soon. May we be loving and humble in our response to them. May we not remember their judgments but seize the opportunities that are now set before us. May we teach our children and our grandchildren well.