1 Chronicles 22:13
Then you will prosper, if you take care to fulfill the statutes and judgments with which the Lord charged Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and of good courage; do not fear nor be dismayed.
This is really the theme throughout the Bible. Blessings and prosperity, if we take care to follow His ways. We mustn’t ever be surprised if we forget or ignore this, fail to keep His ways and things don’t go so well. These are simply spiritual truths that cannot be violated.
1 Chronicles 22:19
Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God. Therefore arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy articles of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the Lord.”
The wisest thing we could ever do, for a fruitful and productive life, is to ‘set our hearts’ to seek the Lord our God. This must be done daily, in fact throughout each and every day of our Ives. The Lord must be our daily sustenance if we expect to live a full and rich life.
1 Chronicles 23:27-28
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above; 28 because their duty was to help the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God,
This is the beginning of a great description of the duties of the Levites in ministering in the house of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 24:19
This was the schedule of their service for coming into the house of the Lord according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.
Contrary to what some would suggest, our God is a God of order. We see this throughout the Bible, beginning with the creation of the world and the naming of the animals, to sitting the multitudes down to fed by Jesus in the New Testament. I believe we are called to a similar type of order in how we conduct every area of our lives, to include corporate worship. Order that facilitates the moving of the Holy Spirit, but never squelches it.
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