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Today’s Bible Reading: 1 Kings 4; 1 Kings 5; 2 Chronicles 2; Psalm 101; 2 Thessalonians 3 (The Message)

Scripture Focus:

1 Kings 4:1–7
King Solomon was off to a good start ruling Israel. These were the leaders in his government:
Azariah son of Zadok—the priest;
Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha—secretaries;
Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud—historian;
Benaiah son of Jehoiada—commander of the army;
Zadok and Abiathar—priests;
Azariah son of Nathan—in charge of the regional managers;
Zabud son of Nathan—priest and friend to the king;
Ahishar—manager of the palace;
Adoniram son of Abda—manager of the slave labor.

Solomon had twelve regional managers distributed throughout Israel. They were responsible for supplying provisions for the king and his administration. Each was in charge of bringing supplies for one month of the year.

Observation:

It was marvelous to read through today’s Scripture passages and see how amazingly organized King Solomon was for building the temple and running the day to day activities of his kingdom. He didn’t do a stitch of the work himself. He hired good people and had a great team that surrounded him, which gave him the time to do what he did best: gain wisdom and understanding and get the reputation of being the wisest man on earth!

Application:

This chapter comes at an appropriate time in my life. I, too, have a marvelous team of people who help me in my business, but I’m still getting stuck in the minutiae. I need to finish setting up my team and let them do what they do best, so I can do what I do best—lead my company and move forward!

Prayer:

Father God, I love how practical the Scriptures are! Thanks for this reminder of how teamwork is supposed to function.

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