DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- THE KING'S BUSINESS

DAD'S RAMBINGS – DOING THE KING'S BUSINESS

"Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, one thousand seven hundred able men, had the oversight of Israel on the west side of the Jordan for all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king." (I Chronicles 26:30)

Under King David's leadership, detailed government was established, beginning with worship and the appointment of musicians and gatekeepers, and extending to the financial and political areas. There were men appointed to be over the treasuries of the temple and of the nation, the army, over agriculture and flocks and cattle, and mayors or people to rule over certain areas. Obviously, King David could not run everything, so he delegated the work to trusted people to do his business.

I once watched a secular sit-com in which the minister was giving a sermon about "Taking care of business." Although the main characters of the show misinterpreted the message of the sermon to mean that they should start their own business enterprise, the theme of the message stuck with me. We need to take care of the business that God has entrusted us with.

In God's kingdom there are levels of government. Of course, the first level is the King – the Lord Jesus. But then He has appointed government within His church, giving the church the gifts of Apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers, elders, bishops or overseers, and deacons who, in the words of our focus verse, do the "business of the Lord, in service of the King."

But, in reality, we are all engaged in doing the King's business. Maybe even though we are not preachers or evangelists in the vocational sense of the word, God has commissioned all of His followers to do His work here on earth. As the gospel song says,  I am a stranger here, within a foreign land; My home is far away, upon a golden strand; Ambassador to be of realms beyond the sea, I'm here on business for my King. It is an awesome thing to be in the service of the King. What a privilege to do the King's work.

Love, Dad