Num
4:15 (NIV) "After Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy
furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is ready to move, the
Kohathites are to come to do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy
things or they will die. The Kohathites are to carry those things that are in
the Tent of Meeting.
NOTE: This is a very
unique ministry, as are some of the other ones listed in Numbers 4. The Gershonites and the Merarites also had
carry duties which required them to be 30 years old. What I find interesting about all these jobs,
especially the choosing of the Levites for God's work and Aaron's sons as
priests, is that nobody chose their occupation.
We make such a big deal about finding our gifts or our calling. But these men were chosen by parentage. This was their job (or at least ministry),
whether or not they had an interest in it.
Many had other occupations as well outside of these tasks but at least
from a ministry perspective, this is what they were told to do. I wonder if we make too much of an issue of
feeling fulfilled when involved in ministry.
Maybe we need to have more of the attitude of a servant. It is not for my pleasure that I serve but it
is for the pleasure of the one I serve.
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