Thurs.’s Devo - The Feast of Tabernacles

Read: Nehemiah 7:73b-9:21; 1 Corinthians 9:1-18; Psalm 33:12-22; Proverbs 21:11-12 On the first of Tishri which was Roshashana, the people met to hear the law read aloud. They met at the square and listened as Ezra read the law while the other priests help teach what it was saying so the people could understand. When they heard how they had sinned against the Lord, they wept. The Levites told them that today was to be a day of joy and rejoicing so they should be happy. They met for a week listening to the Word being read and taught. ***They met again that month to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. The people confessed their sins this time as the law was being read. They set up their shelters just like the law had commanded and lived in them for the week. The Levites prayed a long prayer remembering all God had brought them through as a nation. God had been so merciful to them even through their rebellion and sins, just like he is for us and our nation. *** In Corinthians, Paul defended his apostleship and his authority in Christ. He explained how he could expect to be supported by the Church just as well as the other apostles they supported. Paying those who minister is right and lawful. *** Lord, may we remember all you have brought us through and be thankful. It is your mercy that endures forever.