Mon.’s Devo - Numbering the People

Read: 2 Samuel 23:24-24:25; Acts 3:1-26; Psalm 123:1-4; Proverbs 16:21-23 David’s 37 mighty warriors were written down - their names and where they were from as a remembrance of their service to the Lord and to David. *** Israel did something to arouse the anger of the Lord. To get their attention, God put in David’s heart to number the people. To “number” the people means to bring them to accountability as we will when we stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ and be judged. If we are covered with his blood we are set aside for rewards, but those are not will have to listen to all their sins and God’s sentence. *** In Exodus 30:12 it says, “When thou take the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou number them; that there be no plague among them, when thou number them.”KJV *** David didn’t ask for the half a shekel that was the ransom money for each soul. The result was a plague that killed 70,000. David repented for the nation and paid the price for the field and offered scarifies to the Lord and the plague was stopped. *** Jesus paid he price for our sins on that same piece of land and made the atonement for every soul who would come to believe he was their savior. David bought this land and it would be the place he would build the temple for God. *** In Acts, Peter and John were going to the Temple to pray. A man who had been lame since birth was being carried to sit and beg by the gate. When he saw Peter and John coming, he asked them for money. Peter stopped and told the man he had no money but what he had he would give him. In the name of Jesus, he told him to stand up and walk. He took the man by the hand and helped him to rise. Healing came to his legs and he could walk. He entered the Temple with them walking and leaping and praising God. People heard the commotion and ran to see the man. They recognized him as the beggar who was lame. *** Peter took the opportunity to preach Jesus who they had rejected out of ignorance. They were being given a second chance to believe and be saved. Peter began with Samuel and reminded them of what the prophets had said about Jesus. *** Lord, our eyes are on you. Help us, like the Psalm, to notice your slightest signal and obey.