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Day 105, or April 15. Little things mean a lot. Our thoughts today come from 1 Chronicles

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chapter 9 verse 28. Some of them were in charge of the articles used in the temple service.

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They counted them when they were brought in and when they were taken out.

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First the big picture surrounding this verse. The ancient chronicler gives a lot of detail

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about the genealogies of the Levites and priests, who returned from exile to help re-establish

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the children of Israel in the promised land. There were lots of menial humdrum tasks to

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be done if the temple was to glorify the living God, as it was always meant to. The sobering

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thought here is that unless they could prove they were from the tribe of Levi, they lost

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their vocation forever. That's how important the genealogies were.

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And now our action step for today. There is a fallacy in the world that only people who

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have a public influence matter. The backroom staff, pen-pushers and paper-shufflers are

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of little consequence. It seems God doesn't see it that way. When the first book of Chronicles

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is describing the tasks for the returning Levites, it is amazing how seemingly unimportant

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some of their jobs appear. Counting things and looking after furniture and baking bread!

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Can I hear you yawning as you listen to this? I believe the credit on a human level for

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much of any thriving ministry should be attributed to the invisible organization behind the public

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persona. I've heard some leaders say that they are happy to exercise their public ministry,

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but they don't do administration. It's not their gift. They lean on the teaching of Paul

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to the church in Corinth, when he emphasized how important all the gifts are and how we

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are the body of Christ. They lean on it to breaking point. Whatever your ministry is,

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be sure you don't use laziness or pride as excuses to be sloppy with the boring bits.

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Why not ring or text someone today to express your appreciation for all they do that is

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unseen?