June 11, 2022: Day 124 – I Chronicles 6-10 and Psalm 27

We transition from the slog to a final story that is the description of the end of an era.  We find ourselves being led up to the Saul who becomes the first king of Israel.  He enters the picture with his geneaology in chapter 8 and 9 gives even more description of his descendants and his ancestors until we are led to his death in chapter 10.  An interesting progression which takes us to his death and the end of his era.  Notice that his life is described as one of being unfaithful and so as a result God had to replace him.  Not a great legacy.

Psalm 27 is one of my favorites.  The psalmist encourages the reader to wait for the Lord even in the midst of times in life when it seems like the Lord is delaying.  That is actually exactly what happend with Saul.  He felt like he wasn’t hearing from God and so he went about finding his own way of getting a response as to whether he should attack or not.  I love the final verse: “Wait for the Lord, be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”