{"id":4114,"date":"2019-07-29T20:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T03:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=4114"},"modified":"2019-07-28T23:56:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T06:56:38","slug":"1chronicles_23_1-32-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/1chronicles_23_1-32-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ministry of Prophesying"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>1 Chronicles 25:1-31 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Chronicles+25%3A1-31&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4115 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/190730.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/190730.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/190730-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/190730-450x225.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s passage is 1 Chronicles 25:1-31.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1 Chronicles 25:1 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<sup>1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0David, together with the commanders of the army, set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun for the ministry of prophesying, accompanied by harps, lyres and cymbals. Here is the list of the men who performed this service:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On verse 1:\u00a0\u00a0What is the ministry of prophesying?\u00a0\u00a0People often think of prophesying as telling the future.\u00a0\u00a0But prophesying in the Bible has a broader meaning and purpose.\u00a0\u00a0Prophesying is the ability to sense when the Holy Spirit is giving a message to strengthen, encourage and comfort other people and to communicate that message effectively.\u00a0\u00a0Sometimes that message may speak about future events.\u00a0\u00a0Sometimes that message may speak about how God sees a person or situation in the present.\u00a0\u00a0The fact that the Chronicler gives attention to the ministry of prophesying shows that prophesying had an important place in the Israelites\u2019 worship of the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few other details I noticed from this verse:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The fact that David would work with his army commanders to choose certain young men (the sons of Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun) to prophesy (v1), the fact that the sons of Asaph prophesied under Asaph\u2019s supervision (v2), the fact that Asaph himself prophesied under the king\u2019s supervision (v2), the fact that the sons of Jeduthun prophesied under Jeduthun\u2019s supervision (v3), and the fact that all of them prophesied under their fathers\u2019 supervision (v6) \u2013 all of this suggests that\u00a0<strong>great care was, and should be, exercised in selecting, training and releasing people to prophesy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The fact that David works together with the commanders of the army to select people to prophesy reminds me that\u00a0<strong>prophesy is a form of spiritual warfare<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0God uses the ministry of prophecy to help God\u2019s people break new ground and advance against the enemy.<\/li>\n<li>The fact that those who prophesied were accompanied by music shows the importance that music plays in creating an atmosphere of faith, worship and expectation in the people.\u00a0\u00a0This, coupled with the fact that Jeduthun prophesied while playing a musical instrument (v3b), shows that there is a special connection between worship, music and prophecy.\u00a0\u00a0So if you are in the music or multimedia ministry in your church, know that you are not just producing music or media, but your ministry has a prophetic element to it \u2013 through your ministry you are in one direction giving worship to God and in another direction you are helping the people tap into God\u2019s heart and vision for them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>1 Chronicles 25:6-7 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<sup>6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0All these men were under the supervision of their fathers for the music of the temple of the\u00a0LORD, with cymbals, lyres and harps, for the ministry at the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman were under the supervision of the king.<br \/>\n<sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Along with their relatives&#8211;all of them trained and skilled in music for the\u00a0LORD&#8211;they numbered 288.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On verses 6-7:\u00a0\u00a0All these musical prophets served at the house of God under the supervision of a more senior leader.\u00a0\u00a0In fact, the word \u201csupervision\u201d comes up five times in verses 1-6.\u00a0\u00a0This suggests that\u00a0<strong>young leaders need to be encouraged, trained, and mentored by those more senior than them<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0Who is someone who gives oversight and mentoring to your ministry?\u00a0\u00a0Are you teachable in your relationship with your mentor?\u00a0\u00a0Do you actively seek to be trained and mentored?\u00a0\u00a0Coming under the supervision, leadership and coaching of a more senior leader is a running theme in 1 Chronicles and a crucial part of growing as a servant and leader in God\u2019s kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1 Chronicles 25:8 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<sup>8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Young and old alike, teacher as well as student, cast lots for their duties.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On verses 8-31:\u00a0\u00a0Here we see how young and old musical prophets all cast lots for their duties.\u00a0\u00a0This reminds us that God\u2019s people should be organized and mobilized in a manner that is fair and impartial so that there may be maximum peace and joy as people serve God together.<\/p>\n<p><em>Heavenly Father, thank You for the ways You have used and want to use the ministry of prophesying in our lives.\u00a0\u00a0May we as Your church be effective, wise, careful, courageous and united in the way we train and release people to prophesy and receive prophesy for the edification of Your people and for Your glory.\u00a0\u00a0I pray that I and everyone who serves in my church would be teachable, accountable, and responsible to someone more senior than them in the faith, so that we would grow into the people and the church You made us to be.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s passage is 1 Chronicles 25:1-31.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n<p>1 Chronicles 25:1 (NIV)\u00a0<br \/>\n1\u00a0\u00a0David, together with the commanders of the army, set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun for the ministry of prophesying, accompanied by harps, lyres and cymbals. Here is the list of the men who performed this service:<\/p>\n<p>On verse 1:\u00a0\u00a0What is the ministry of prophesying?\u00a0\u00a0People often think of prophesying as telling the future.\u00a0\u00a0But prophesying in the Bible has a broader meaning and purpose.\u00a0\u00a0Prophesying is the ability to sense when the Holy Spirit is giving a message to strengthen, encourage and comfort other people and to communicate that message effectively.\u00a0\u00a0Sometimes that message may speak about future events.\u00a0\u00a0Sometimes that message may speak about how God sees a person or situation in the present.\u00a0\u00a0The fact that the Chronicler gives attention to the ministry of prophesying shows that prophesying had an important place in the Israelites\u2019 worship of the Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4116,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4114\/revisions\/4116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}