1 Chronicles 9This chapter records representative genealogies of those who returned to Jerusalem after the exile. Of particular interest to the chronicler is the maintenance and watching of the temple area. The detail in which the chronicler describes these security guards, maintenance workers and cooks tells us much about what was deemed important. As they began the process of restoring order to the city, the temple and what it represented came first. While the history of Israel did record times of neglect of the things of God, time in exile seems to have taught the people how wrong that was.
Sometimes, in our zeal to better ourselves, we focus on the wrong priorities. We think that we have to get our families and financial lives in order, and then we will be free to concentrate on fellowship and worship with other believers. But a strong relationship with God and other believers should be our first goal. Then, we will find that other kinds of recovery will come in time.
LORD, help us to focus on first things first.
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