One Job

1st Chronicles 23 

I remember when I was in high school and I wanted a job at like age 15 my parents would say your main job is being a student and a son, you do not need to work right now. My dad would always say when you start working you will never stop. How true it was that my dad would say that because once I got a job, I always had a job. But I was a teenager in need of money because I wanted a car and a license. 

In this chapter we see the organization of the priests and what their duties were.

Their Job

If we look at the establishment of the Levites as priests and those who serve in the tabernacle we would need to look at Numbers 3 and 4. David was reestablishing their duties because the tabernacle would not need to be carried back and forth anymore and that there was going to be a big building  (the temple) for them. 

He takes a census of all the Levites based by their families. We read the line of Aaron the brother of Moses was the highest of the line and his family was to be the ones in charge of it all. The priests job were to be in the service for the Lord. This meant taking care of the certain furnishings in the temple, the sacrifices being offered and the showbread and grain offerings being handled. 

If we could some up our job as Christians it is to know God and make him known to the world. Jesus gave his specific instructions to the disciples before he ascended to heaven. He said in Acts 1:8! But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the end of the earth. When read the book of Acts we see this verse being lived throughout the pages. We read about church history and we see this being lived out. Our job is to know God- which we see God being spoken through the BIble and we speak about God by sharing the Bible to others. We share who Jesus is and what he has done. There is salvation in no one else but Jesus. We need to be faithful to our job so we can be a light to this world. If you knew this was the only thing to do in life, how would you do? Would you take it with not much thought and energy? Would you want to strive at it as best as possible?If you viewed life and this Gospel message as life and death were on the line, would you not make the most of every opportunity?