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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
2 Chronicles 2:11-18
We learnt whilst considering the Book of Kings that Huram (or Hiram), the most skilful worker amongst them, was a type of the Holy Spirit. It is under the enlightened guidance of this man that the craftsmen prepared by David are to carry out their task. Similarly it is only by allowing himself to be led by the Spirit of God that the believer will be fit to serve. See how in the Acts the Spirit passes on the orders of the Lord to the apostles: Acts 1:2; Acts 8:29; Acts 13:2; Acts 13:4; and let us heed His voice. He will often tell us, as He did Paul and his companions: "Don’t do this; don’t go there!" (Acts 16:6-7).
153,600 men were counted to do the work. Some were carriers, others stone cutters; finally there were foremen. Three forms of Christian activity are suggested here:
(1) To bear burdens by prayer. This comes first.
(2) To remove the living stones from the worldly quarry and work on them there: this is the work of the evangelist and other ministers.
(3) To keep watch over the work and the workforce.
A remarkable point: the workforce is made up of those Canaanites, foreigners, who at one time were enemies and in bondage to Israel. During the reign of the king of peace, they became useful servants.
