Day 150

1 Samuel 26:1-28:25, John 19:1-27, Psalms 68:21-27

I seem to recall my English teacher talking about poetry and the power of using antonyms and opposites to get your point across. When we are looking at the crucifixion it seems like the saddest of events, a really dark, black day.

And yet…

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Christ’s crucifixion is actually one of the greatest days in history, without the cross we would not have Easter day, we would not have the resurrection. It is in his actual death that death was defeated for us. Oh happy day!

The OT sees Saul messing up yet again, but a lesson that we need to heed in this day and age. You may remember back to Balaam who was a bit of  sorcerer, well here Saul goes to see a witch. When he was right with God he had banished all the witches, mediums and spiritists but now he wants to chat with one. A huge mistake. There seems to be a resurgence of interest in things like this and it would often do us well to remember that such things are not of God. If we weigh Saul and David up at this point we see the one who has the closer walk with God and we see the one who is consulting witches. Whenever we see this stuff around us, we need to remember David and which side he walked on. Such things are of the devil and evil, not of God. David knew that, Saul forgot.

When we do face such things, we can always look to that greatest day and see the Jesus who is alive, having defeated death for us. Perhaps you need to remember that that was the greatest day and anything else pales into insignificance at the foot of the cross.