Year 9, Day 299: 1 Chronicles 27

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1 Chronicles 27 continues David’s plan for transitioning to Solomon.  The military is divided up so that the leadership is shared among the mighty men.  This makes sense, because you want your leaders training the next generation.  You also want your leadership to have time that they are in charge as well as time that they are able to rest and recuperate.  In order for leadership to remain strong and creative, it has to have time to rest and grow in addition to being in charge and leading.

In the second half of the chapter, the leaders over David’s wealth are listed.  God has been blessing David.  His herds are so great that he needs multiple managers.  The fruit of the field is so great that different people manage different crops.  God promised David that He would prosper the kingdom so long as David worshipped the Lord.  God fulfilled that promise completely.

This also shows that great wealth requires great management and wisdom.  One single person cannot manage such wealth themselves.  The wealth would either prove to be too much work or it would be too tempting.  By distributing the management of the wealth among various leaders, each leader can shoulder the proper amount of burden while avoiding the power trip that comes with such wealth. 

This is especially true because Solomon is inexperienced in the beginning.  He will need advisors to make sure that his decisions in leadership are good.  He will also need advisors to make sure that his decisions with his wealth are good too.

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