Thursday, January 26, 2017

1 Chronicles 8

These are the sons of Ehud, who were the heads of the fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and who forced them to move to Manahath:  Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera who forced them to move. He begot Uzza and Ahihud. vv.6-7

Read chapter 8
Now we read of the genealogy of Benjamin.  This chapter is almost purely names with very few comments on the men in this tribe.  Yet that does not mean they weren't faithful men to the Lord.  The tribe of Benjamin was a faithful tribe and from whom came Israel's first king, Saul.  Yet also just because you may not know the story of someone doesn't make them any less of a child of God - both what we read in scripture through lists of names and also today in our own lives of people we don't know their story.  
Now we do read of the sons of Ehud being forced to move to Manahath.  They were living in Gera which was a small city in the land of Benjamin and were forced to move possibly because they were growing too big.  They may have been forced by other's pressure or possibly pressure from their fathers or possibly to seek betterment for their family.  Back then moving wasn't a common thing as we see today of families moving at least a couple times in their life time.  It can be hard when you are forced to move whether from your own pressure for betterment or force from others for betterment of the town.  Yet the family of Ehud still grew and flourished as we see their genealogy and continued part of Israel as a set apart people.  So we must remember when we move, God is still with us and will bless even if it's not how we expect.  When have you moved that has felt forced in some way or another that has turned out for the better?  Are you in a time of moving that is hard?  If so, what will you do not turn to bitterness but to betterment?

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