In Matthew 21:15-16 it’s crazy to see the series of events that take place in the temple. Jesus had just rode in to Jerusalem on a colt, entered the temple and “cleans up” the mess, heals the blind and lame, and then is being praised by children. For the scribes and chief priests this was mind boggling because they are getting offended to their very core, with all of this going on. And so I’m asking myself, when I see the move of the Holy Spirit, how much of me is still religiously getting offended, and how much of me is already child-like and just wants to praise Him?

• In Genesis 49:22-26; Jacob is dying and he is lying on his death bed. And he blesses his sons. This verse specifically talks about how he blesses Joseph, and how his hardships and trials saved the whole world from those 7 years of famine.
• In Genesis 50:20; Joseph’s Father dies and the brothers fear that now Joseph will kill them because they caused him soo much pains and traumas. But Joseph cries before them that they even asked him this question to have mercy on them and forgive them. And then he says that What They Intended for Evil, God has used for Good.
• Matthew 21:31-32, and 43; talks about how Jesus was telling the Pharisees that they Lost the kingdom of Heaven because they did not have a changed mindset, and a renewed mindset (Eph4:23-24), And how the kingdom of God was given to those who Accually produce fruit for the spiritual kingdom of God.
• In Proverbs 3; Solomon speaks about wisdom to his son, but more importantly for me during this devotion was that God disciplines those whom he loves, and He Loves those whom he disciplines. That he Loves me as a Father does his Son.

Personal Story: There was a season of Isolation that God put me in and that I was burning for God. God told me to go 1 hour everyday and I would go for at least an hour walks, to preach the Gospel in my neighborhood every single day. And I did this for many months. I have had interactions with Satanists, and (this was when I was still a baptist, so it was before I was seeing the power of God and before I knew the power of God and the authority I had in Jesus’s name) This was the hardest season in my Life, but it was the closest i was to God. The reason on how I got more sensitive in the spirit was because I would start to feel the Lord showing me what direction to go when I would come to a crosswalk. The Lord put a warmth on my nose and I would look around and it would start to grow warm when I was facing the direction that he wanted me to go.
Anyways: this season was super hard on me because so would worry about going on walks more that work. And I had to die to my fleshly desires to go on these walks and to also fast from food soo much.

Take Away: God is showing me that he Loves me as a Dad does to his Son, He sent me these trials and tribulations in my life because He loves me enough for me to grow from these. And most importantly that these trials will grow me.