Tag: Station Does Not Limit Contribution - 1 Chronicles 15-19

1 Chronicles 15:17

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

1 Chronicles 15:19

The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals;

1 Chronicles 16:5

Asaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals,

1 Chronicles 16:37

So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister regularly before the ark as each day required,

Tag:  Your Station in Life Do Not Limit Your Contribution to Christ

In the above verses we have the rise of Asaph, a cymbal player who would soon lead worship and compose the songs for worship.   When King David moved the Ark (the right way) into the place he set aside for the Tabernacle, he employed all the Levites, as instructed in the Books of the Law, written by Moses.  (The first time he didn’t give attention to the Law and someone died.).  This time he did what Moses commanded and good things happened.  Not only did the Ark end up where it needed to be and no one died, there was also a progression in the establishment of the musical corp.  

Asaph, in the above series of verses, starts out a simply cymbal player.   As these chapters unfold we see that he soon becomes a leader among these worshippers.  In the book of Psalms we will read several “songs” he wrote for worship (Psalm 73 being my favorite).   This is a clear picture that the station, position or circumstances in our lives does not limit our contribution to Christ.   God puts different people in different places but all serve Him.  In 1 Corinthians 12 and Romans 12 we have a great picture of the parts of the body, making the entire body “work.”   We ought not look at our station in life, and rather look at what we can contribute.  Asaph didn’t mind being a cymbal player.   He turned out to be a leader, composer and author of the Bible.