Everyone enjoys a sumptuous feast, but someone has to do the cooking and cleanup. These mundane tasks are rarely celebrated, but they are absolutely essential. Similarly, there are less-than-glamorous roles in the spiritual realm, but these also are vital. Consider this list of labor:
These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi ... the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entrance ... Now some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they counted them when they brought them in and when they took them out. Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the utensils of the sanctuary and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices. Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices. Mattithiah, one of the Levites ... had the responsibility over the things which were baked in pans." (1 Chronicles 9:18,19,28,29,30,31)
Countless numbers of people were enlisted and involved in the service of the temple of God. The essential task was offering various sacrifices in the worship of God under the old Law system. Highly visible were the priests who administered the sacrifices and led in the system of worship then. But, none of this would have taken place were it not for the vital, unseen tasks performed in the background.
The lessons and parallels are obvious: every person serving according to their capacity is essential for the church, the body of Christ, to function today. It is so well described in 1 Corinthians twelve through the analogy of the human body. Various parts with vastly different function contribute to the common good of the Body.
Whether your role is gatekeeper (greeter?), keeper of utensils, manager of flour and wine, or overseer of the baking pans, that role contributes ultimately to the worship of our Father. Serve well today, kingdom brothers and sisters.
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2011
These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi ... the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entrance ... Now some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they counted them when they brought them in and when they took them out. Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the utensils of the sanctuary and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices. Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices. Mattithiah, one of the Levites ... had the responsibility over the things which were baked in pans." (1 Chronicles 9:18,19,28,29,30,31)
Countless numbers of people were enlisted and involved in the service of the temple of God. The essential task was offering various sacrifices in the worship of God under the old Law system. Highly visible were the priests who administered the sacrifices and led in the system of worship then. But, none of this would have taken place were it not for the vital, unseen tasks performed in the background.
The lessons and parallels are obvious: every person serving according to their capacity is essential for the church, the body of Christ, to function today. It is so well described in 1 Corinthians twelve through the analogy of the human body. Various parts with vastly different function contribute to the common good of the Body.
Whether your role is gatekeeper (greeter?), keeper of utensils, manager of flour and wine, or overseer of the baking pans, that role contributes ultimately to the worship of our Father. Serve well today, kingdom brothers and sisters.
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2011
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