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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
1 Chronicles 9:17-34
Other Levites are mentioned in this ch. 9. These are the porters. Their function is very important. It can be summed up in a short command of which the Lord reminds us in a little parable: "And he (the master) commanded the porter to watch" (Mark 13:34).
To watch over the vessels and the utensils, over the sacrifices, over the food, over the access into the House! In the New Testament this service corresponds to that of the overseers, pastors or elders. These are they who, in particular, had – and still have – to take care of souls, and maintain sound doctrine in the assemblies. This is a position of trust and honour, concerning which they will have to render account on the Lord’s return!
These porters were the descendants of Korah, the rebel (Leviticus 16). But they would rather be doorkeepers at the threshold of the house of their God, than dwell in the "tents of wickedness" as their father had done. We recall the beautiful Psalms 84 composed by these sons of Korah: "How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts . . . a day in thy courts is better than a thousand" (Psalms 84:1; Psalms 84:10). To whom has God entrusted the care of His House, of His Assembly? To those who are attached to it, and love Him (John 21:15-17).
