the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
1 Chronicles 15:1-24
May we have the courage to recognize our shortcomings before the Lord and before men. "We have not sought God ’after the due order’" (v. 13), declares David to the Levites who were charged with the duty of carrying the ark. And this time every precaution is taken to go up "according to the word of the LORD". What a scene of joy and praise! Notice the place that Obed-Edom has in all this. He could have complained selfishly when he saw the ark leaving his house. With its departure was he not losing a source of blessing? (1 Chronicles 13:14). But that is far from his thought. The blessing is to be shared with all Israel, and he himself, a Levite from among the sons of Korah, will combine the offices of porter (v. 18), singer (v. 19), and doorkeeper for the ark (v. 24). So then he does not leave the ark after all! Faithful in that which was least, he receives that which is much (Luke 16:10). Because he has ruled his own house well, God entrusts him with a responsible position in His house (1 Timothy 3:4-5). Chenaniah, the chief of the Levites, is a music instructor for he was skilful in this field (v. 22). It reminds us of that word of the apostle Paul: "I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also" (1 Corinthians 14:15).
