Wed.’s Devo -By Faith

Read: 1 Chronicles 24:1-26:11; Romans 4:1-12; Psalm 13:1-6; Proverbs 19:15-16
Aaron had had four sons to be priests after him. Two of his sons, Nadab and Abihu offered strange fire before the Lord and were struck down (Leviticus 10). They died sonless. Aaron’s sons Eleazar and Ithamar continued Aaron’s line and carried on the priesthood. Eleazar’s sons multiplied more than Ithamar’s so David divided the two families into divisions to serve in the temple when it would be built. He used the system of lots so no favoritism could be used - it would be the Lord’s choosing.
Shemaiah, the scribe wrote all the names down. One would be taken from Eleazar’s family and the next from Ithamar’s and this would determine the order they would minister. Twenty-four leaders were chosen so one of each family would minister for a month at a time. This was God’s system of checks and balances.
David also took the sons of Asaph, Human and Jeduthun for the ministry of prophesying. They would do this with harps, lyres and cymbals. Their descendants numbered 288 who sang, played instruments and prophesied with their mouths and their instruments. Several times it mentions that age or birth order was not used to determine their worth. God chose with his standard.
In Romans, we see how God chooses. He chose Abraham because he had faith and believed what he was told by God. We are chosen by the potential of our faith. We grow based on how much faith we have. Abraham was the father of the Jew and the Gentile. Our blood line to Abraham is faith.
Lord, thank your for circumstances in our lives that cause us to have faith so we can grow and increase in faith.