The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 1 Chronicles 23:25-26,
"Since the Lord, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever, the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service."
In verses 25-26 of this chapter, David observed one of the original services for which the Lord had set aside the tribe of Levi: to carry the pieces and parts of the tabernacle with its utensils and furnishings as Israel wandered through their forty years in the wilderness.
Now that the nation occupied the land the Lord promised them, and with the tabernacle no longer needing to be transported, the Levites were relieved of their charge to carry it.
Further duties as prescribed for the Levites are enumerated in verses 28-31, "The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the temple of the Lord: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God. They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the special flour for the grain offerings, the thin loaves made without yeast, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size. They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord. They were to do the same in the evening and whenever burnt offerings were presented to the Lord on the Sabbaths, at the New Moon feasts and at the appointed festivals. They were to serve before the Lord regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them."
These duties were now to be carried out with expanded responsibilities since the Levites' original workload had been modified. God brought a change.
I am reminded that although God himself never changes, what he desires us to do just might. We may have responsibilities in God's family that expand at one time, and may diminish in another. We may be tasked to move on from doing certain things for other new things we hadn't done before.
Although God himself never changes, as I say, and although his priority of the redemption of mankind does not change in any way, God himself yet remains dynamic in how he may have things done. It just may be that what we are currently doing in our participation with the Lord as he builds his family may not be what we need to be doing for him down the road.
We need to be prepared for change as we serve our active and dynamic Lord as he builds his kingdom.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"Since the Lord, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever, the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service."
In verses 25-26 of this chapter, David observed one of the original services for which the Lord had set aside the tribe of Levi: to carry the pieces and parts of the tabernacle with its utensils and furnishings as Israel wandered through their forty years in the wilderness.
Now that the nation occupied the land the Lord promised them, and with the tabernacle no longer needing to be transported, the Levites were relieved of their charge to carry it.
Further duties as prescribed for the Levites are enumerated in verses 28-31, "The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the temple of the Lord: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God. They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the special flour for the grain offerings, the thin loaves made without yeast, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size. They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord. They were to do the same in the evening and whenever burnt offerings were presented to the Lord on the Sabbaths, at the New Moon feasts and at the appointed festivals. They were to serve before the Lord regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them."
These duties were now to be carried out with expanded responsibilities since the Levites' original workload had been modified. God brought a change.
I am reminded that although God himself never changes, what he desires us to do just might. We may have responsibilities in God's family that expand at one time, and may diminish in another. We may be tasked to move on from doing certain things for other new things we hadn't done before.
Although God himself never changes, as I say, and although his priority of the redemption of mankind does not change in any way, God himself yet remains dynamic in how he may have things done. It just may be that what we are currently doing in our participation with the Lord as he builds his family may not be what we need to be doing for him down the road.
We need to be prepared for change as we serve our active and dynamic Lord as he builds his kingdom.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
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