Read: 1 Chronicles 26:12-27:34; Romans 4:13-5:5; Psalm 14:1-7; Proverbs 19:17
I wish I had the time to look up the meanings of all the names in today’s reading. We have a list of all the gatekeepers, the heads of the families and their officers who served the king in the army and the ones in charge of the royal storehouses. Each one of these men’s names mean something that is a clue to what was going on during that time and what will happen in the future.
In 26:24 the name “Shubael” means “the return of God.” He was a descendant of Gershom which means “a stranger there”. He was the son of Moses which means “drawn out or rescued”. We as children of the Lord are strangers on this earth because this is not our home. When Jesus returns we will be rescued to go to our eternal home.
In Romans we see that the law was given to show us our sin. Abraham was the father of faith and our example of what faith is. God promised Abraham that he would be the father of many nations even though his wife was past having babies and he was too old. He believed against the impossible. God gave him one son of promise - Isaac and told him that through him would come many nations. Interestingly, Isaac only had two sons and one of them was evil. Even against all the odds, Abraham believed that God would do what he said he would do. Multiplication didn’t start till Jacob and then it mushroomed into 12 tribes which became a number too big to count. That was exactly what God had said would happen which was another reason God hated it when they wanted to count the people.
God has put into us impossible dreams and promises in his Word that we have to stand on because they are ours by faith. We have to do our part which is to believe and obey. God will show us what to do. The rest is up to Him.
Lord, help us to be obedient to what you tell us to do. May we hear your voice loud and clear.
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