Others were assigned to take care of the furnishings and all the other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the special flour and wine, and the olive oil, incense and spices. But some of the priests took care of mixing the spices. A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with the responsibility for baking the offering bread

1 Chronicles 9:28-34

28 Some of them were in charge of the articles used in the temple service; they counted them when they were brought in and when they were taken out. 29 Others were assigned to take care of the furnishings and all the other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the special flour and wine, and the olive oil, incense and spices. 30 But some of the priests took care of mixing the spices. 31 A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with the responsibility for baking the offering bread. 32 Some of the Kohathites, their fellow Levites, were in charge of preparing for every Sabbath the bread set out on the table. 33 Those who were musicians, heads of Levite families, stayed in the rooms of the temple and were exempt from other duties because they were responsible for the work day and night. 34 All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs as listed in their genealogy, and they lived in Jerusalem.

Today’s title is “ Wherever and Whatever He Calls Us To”

What is the chief end of man? This fundamental question of life comes from the first question of Westminster Shorter Catechism. The answer to the question is “A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. Like the answer to the question, all Christians believe that we are to glorify God as long as we live, not reluctantly but joyfully. How do we do it? The Shorter Catechism goes on to explain it in detail based on the biblical truth. I am not going to elaborate on the details of it here. But one great principle of how we glorify God can be found in today’s passage. Today’s passage shows how the Levites who served the temple of God worked. The passage shows the different type of works that the Levites did in the temple. Of course, what was recorded in the passage is not an exhaustive list of the Levites works in the temple. But what was mentioned here is sufficient to show how various were the works the Levites did. Some of them were in charge of the articles used in the temple service. Others were assigned to take care of the furnishings and all the other articles of the sanctuary. They were also in charge of the special flour and wine, and the olive oil, incense and spices. A Levite named Mattithiah, was entrusted with the responsibility for baking the offering bread. Some of the Kohathites, were in charge of preparing for every Sabbath the bread set out on the table. There were musicians who were responsible for the music at the temple day and night. Of course we do know that there were some priests who did sacrifice animals and burn the incenses too. . But what seems remarkable to me is that the works of the Levites are highly various and practical in general. That was what they did to glorify God. They must have done it dutifully but joyfully. I believe the variety and practicality of the works perfo0rmed by the Levites set good examples for all of us. We can glorify God in a variety of ways. You can sing to glorify God. You can cook for Him. You can set the table for God. You can be a porter for God or a guard at the gate. There are so many different ways to glorify God. There is no room for narrow human stereotype in serving God. So in which ways are you called to serve God? How joyfully and thankfully do you do it?