11/21/2010 7:55:18 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Temple officers
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Chron. 26:1-32
Message of the verses: “1 ¶
For the divisions of the gatekeepers there were of the Korahites, Meshelemiah
the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2
Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second,
Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3
Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. 4 Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn,
Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh
and Peullethai the eighth; God had indeed blessed him. 6 Also to his son Shemaiah sons were born who
ruled over the house of their father, for they were mighty men of valor. 7 The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael,
Obed and Elzabad, whose brothers, Elihu and Semachiah, were valiant men. 8 All these were of the sons of Obed-edom; they
and their sons and their relatives were able men with strength for the service,
62 from Obed-edom. 9 Meshelemiah had
sons and relatives, 18 valiant men. 10
Also Hosah, one of the sons of Merari had sons: Shimri the first
(although he was not the firstborn, his father made him first), 11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third,
Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and relatives of Hosah were 13. 12 To these divisions of the gatekeepers, the
chief men, were given duties like their relatives to minister in the house of
the LORD. 13 They cast lots, the small
and the great alike, according to their fathers’ households, for every gate.
14 The lot to the east fell to
Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a counselor with insight,
and his lot came out to the north. 15
For Obed-edom it fell to the south, and to his sons went the storehouse.
16 For Shuppim and Hosah it was to the
west, by the gate of Shallecheth, on the ascending highway. Guard corresponded
to guard. 17 On the east there were six
Levites, on the north four daily, on the south four daily, and at the
storehouse two by two. 18 At the Parbar
on the west there were four at the highway and two at the Parbar. 19 These were the divisions of the gatekeepers
of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari.
“ 20 ¶ The Levites, their
relatives, had charge of the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures
of the dedicated gifts. 21 The sons of
Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, namely, the Jehielites,
were the heads of the fathers’ households, belonging to Ladan the Gershonite.
22 The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel
his brother, had charge of the treasures of the house of the LORD. 23 As for the Amramites, the Izharites, the
Hebronites and the Uzzielites, 24
Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was officer over the
treasures. 25 His relatives by Eliezer
were Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zichri his son and
Shelomoth his son. 26 This Shelomoth and
his relatives had charge of all the treasures of the dedicated gifts which King
David and the heads of the fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and
hundreds, and the commanders of the army, had dedicated. 27 They dedicated part of the spoil won in
battles to repair the house of the LORD. 28
And all that Samuel the seer had dedicated and Saul the son of Kish,
Abner the son of Ner and Joab the son of Zeruiah, everyone who had dedicated
anything, all of this was in the care of Shelomoth and his relatives.
“29 ¶ As for the Izharites,
Chenaniah and his sons were assigned to outside duties for Israel, as officers
and judges. 30 As for the Hebronites,
Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had charge of the affairs of
Israel west of the Jordan, for all the work of the LORD and the service of the
king. 31 As for the Hebronites, Jerijah
the chief (these Hebronites were investigated according to their genealogies
and fathers’ households, in the fortieth year of David’s reign, and men of
outstanding capability were found among them at Jazer of Gilead) 32 and his relatives, capable men, were 2,700 in
number, heads of fathers’ households. And King David made them overseers of the
Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of the Manassites concerning all the
affairs of God and of the king.”
This
group of people included gatekeepers (verses 1-19), treasurers (verses 20-28),
and miscellaneous officials who were scattered outside Jerusalem (verses
29-32).
The
gatekeepers stood at the various gates to watch the people go in and out, and
probably made sure that the worship of the Lord was in line with what it was
supposed to be.
There were many who gave money for the
building and also the maintaining of the temple including David and some of his
generals, Saul, and even Samuel had left money for this purpose. These officials were in charge of watching
these treasurers.
The
last group was in charge of things outside of Jerusalem including those two and
a half tribes that were on the West side of the Jordan River. These officials likely took care of taxes and
some of them may have been teaching the people the things of the Lord because
they were so far from Jerusalem.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: One of the things that I seen in this passage
is that things were organized in a very good way with a very good plan to keep
it that way. While I was working at Ford
and even at Grace Baptist Church I always had to have a plan to do my job the
best that I could do it. I have a plan
to do my devotions each day. Whenever I
get involved in something I have to have a plan and this is good and it seems
to me it is something that is seen in various parts of the Scriptures. God had a plan to make the earth as talked
about in the book of Job when the Lord was speaking to Job. One thing that is a must in my planning is
that it be done with the wisdom of the Lord and this can only happen through
Bible reading and through much prayer.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Continue to be in the battle using all of the
spiritual armor that is provided for me, the belt of truth, the breastplate of
righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of peace, the shield of faith, the
helmet of salvation, and the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of
God. Prayer is the other offensive
weapon.
2.
Trust the Lord through these somewhat difficult
times of troubles with my health that are coming at a very difficult time. God is in charge and knows what is going on
and He has a plan.
11/21/2010 8:28:28 AM
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