Tues.’s Devo. God is faithful to His Word

Read: 1 Chronicles 19:1-21-21:30; Romans 2:25-3:8; Psalm 11:1-7; Proverbs 19:10-12 Nahash, the Ammonite king died, and since he and David had been friends, David sent condolences to Hanum, his son though ambassadors. The commanders of the Ammonite army saw them as spies and a threat to their safety so they took David’s men and cut off their skirts and shaved their beards. *** David let his men stay in Jericho s until their beards grew back and then prepared for war with Ammom. Hanum hired men from 4 different nations to fight against Israel’s army. They fought them on two fronts and Israel won. *** That spring Joab led Israel in wars against the Ammonite stronghold of Rabbah and won. He also fought the Philistines and defeated many of their giants. *** Satan came to defeat Israel and put it in David’s mind to count the people in a census. Exodus 30:2 says that when you count the people they are to offer a ransom for their soul least a plague come upon them. It was to be a half of a shekel a person. David did not pay this nor did he collect it from the people so their lives were at stake. *** This act ended in a plague that took the lives of 70,000 of his counted people. It was stopped at the threshing floor of Araunah which David bought for 600 pieces of gold. David ended up paying the price to redeem the people. *** In Romans, the Jews were putting so much emphasis on circumcision and the fact that the Gentile believers were not circumcised. He explained that circumcision was suppose to represent a ‘sold out’ heart to the Lord. And these people should only care about pleasing God and not man. *** Paul exposed the religion of the Nicolaitans who thought that it was better to sin because that highlighted God’s righteousness. But, just because were unfaithful, did not change God who is always faithful. Lord, thank you that you paid the price to set us free. You are so faithful to us. May we praise you with our lives.