Year 6, Day 299: 1 Chronicles 27

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Discipleship Focus: Imitation

• Imitation: This is the second over-arching step of the discipleship process.  First we gain information, then we imitate our spiritual mentor.  Imitation leads to innovation of spirituality in our own life.

1 Chronicles 27 reads much like a maintenance chapter, just like many of the chapters before it.  David is preparing to hand of the leadership of the kingdom to his son, Solomon.  As he goes about this business, he gets the worship in order first.  Then he makes sure that he takes care of the military defenses.  Then he makes sure that the money is taken care of.  Note David’s priorities and the message that he is sending for his son to imitate.

When we look at the list of military leaders, did you notice just how many of these military leaders are on David’s list of thirty mighty men?  David is making sure that the military leaders who are in charge of the defense of Jerusalem and the nation are skilled.  He wants to know that he has capable leaders when it counts.

However, I think David is doing more than this.  David knows that when the army comes, it will be filled with young men who aren’t truly sure about what they are doing.  The army may be filled with inexperienced men who don’t have battle seasoning.  By making sure that a strong leader is in place, David knows that these young men will have a great leader upon whom they can look.  David knows that the qualities of this leader will have a good chance of being passed on into the younger men and imitated as they grow up and mature.

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