Wednesday, August 13, 2008

He Careth For You

Reading 1& 2 books of Chronicles is not really interesting. One finds the genealogy starting with Adam and one finds it really sleepy to read all the names and only names!!!
1 Chronicles 9 (King James Version)


The Chief Men - verses 2 to 9
The Priests - verses 10 to 13
The Levites - verses 14 to 16
The Porters - verses 17 to 26


17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
18Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
19And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
21And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
22All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
23So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
24In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
25And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.
26For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

When we read through these verses, we may say why all these names are recorded here? God should have recorded some comforting verses instead of names

God has a purpose for everything. As we read from verse 1 God records about
The Chief Men, The Priests, The Levites, The Porters.

Porters are doorkeepers, their only job is to open the doors and close the doors. But God still records them along with the Kings, Priests, Levites.

Had man recorded the Bible, man would have ignored these kinds of people

Lesson - In the sight of God everyone is as equal and as important as the other. Are you thinking, why my life is like this? or why is this happening in my life? or why God ignores me? Then this message is for you!!!

God loves you too and is looking ahead to do some wonderful things in your life. All you have to do is to turn towards Him

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