Thurs.’s Devo - God is Faithful

Read: 1 Chronicles 9:1-10:14; Acts 27:21-44; Psalms 8:1-9; Proverbs 18:23-24 The Chronicles skipped to the return after the exile. The scribes chronicled all the people who first returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple during Cyrus’ reign in Persia. The return was voluntary. The priests, Levites, Temple servants, and other Israelites opted to be of the first who returned. They had been gone 70 years and many had been born in captivity. Most were from the tribe of Benjamin and Levi who had been musicians and gatekeepers and priests. *** Chapter 10 skips to the day King Saul was killed in battle and David became king. The writers of the chronicles were the priests so they made it clear that the reason they went into exile was because they rebelled against the Lord. Also, the reason Saul died was because he was unfaithful to the Lord. *** In Acts, Saul’s right standing with God saved him and all the men on his ship. An angel had assured him of this. Right before they reached land, Paul had all the sailors eat a meal together and give thanks to God. *** They finally saw land, but their ship hit sand and was stuck. The waves destroyed the ship but the captain of the ship stopped the soldiers from killing the prisoners and all made it safely to shore. God did exactly what he said he would do. *** Lord you are faithful. You stand by all of your promises and fulfill them. We thank you and love you.