1 Chronicles 7By the time the chronicler records this genealogy, it is all history – gone. The northern kingdom is no more, and all of these mighty warriors listed are dead. That is the way things are now. Nothing is permanent. God lives on, but no one else does. The best that anyone could hope for was to make their mark, either as a soldier, or as a builder, or as a leader. Yet, these names are recorded exactly because the God they served lives on. Because He lives on, eternal life is a true hope. Because He lives on, what we do can be significant. If there is no God, nothing matters. Since there is a God, we all matter.
LORD, give us eyes to see the eternal significance of our mundane lives.
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