Mon.’s Devo - David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem

Read: 1 Chronicles 15:1-16:36; Romans 1:18-32; Psalm 10:1-15; Proverbs 19:6-7 David prepared a tent in Jerusalem to put the ark. He must have researched in the law of Moses to find out how he was supposed to transport the ark because this time he didn’t put it on a cart, but on the shoulders of the Levites. David assembled all Israel to come to Jerusalem to witness and celebrated bringing up the ark to Jerusalem. *** The singers sang, the musicians played their instruments, the trumpets sounded and thousands shouted and rejoiced as they brought up the ark. David danced and celebrated. Michal, Saul’s daughter who was married to David watched from her window and despised David for making such a public spectacle of himself. *** The priests offered burnt offerings and peace offerings and David blessed the people and gave each person a loaf of bread, a portion of meat and a cake of raisin. *** David appointed Asaph and his brothers to sing the song he had written to the Lord. In it they gave thanks to the Lord of all he was and all he had done for them. When they were done all the people said, “Amen!” *** In Paul’s letter to the Romans he writes about the wrath of God which will come upon all the ungodly and unrighteous who suppress the truth. They are without excuse because God has made it plain through the things he has made of his power. All creation speaks of his nature. But, they chose not to honor God or thank him so their thinking became futile and their hearts became dark. They claimed to be wise but were fools because they swapped the glory of the immortal God for images of the things he had made. *** So, God gave them over to their passions and women began to desire other women and men did shameful things with other men. They received in themselves the penalty for this sin. When they continued in their sin and didn’t repent, God gave them over to a debased mind filled with all kinds of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, and malice. They were full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and maliciousness. They gossiped, slandered, hated God and became haughty and boastful. They invented ways to do evil and disobeyed their parents. Even though they knew that what they were doing was worthy of death, they continued to do them and approved of others who did such evil. *** Lord, thank you that you have delivered us from darkness and brought us into the light of your salvation. May we live righteously that your goodness might be known in the earth.