- Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal… 1 Chronicles 8:33 – This was King Saul that we are familiar with and it lists off his sons. While we can find a couple other places in scripture where some of their names are spoken again, when you read through them does any sound familiar? For me it was only Jonathan, the son of Saul that became close friends with David. It just stood out to me that why many of us are more familiar with his name than any of his brothers was because of his choice to choose compassion and love toward David. His selfless heart made his name be remembered throughout history with honor. While maybe our goal isn’t to be remembered in the history books, let’s seek to be remembered and remembered well in the hearts of those we exist with. We can do that by living selfless, loving, and compassionate whenever possible. Let’s seek to be remembered by those around us as one person who showed love to them like Jesus would have. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1371
- Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal…1 Chronicles 8:3 – Once again we are reading through a list of names and a couple important names are dropped then moved past quickly without any further detail. We are given the names of Saul and Jonathan. This would have been King Saul, the first king of Israel, and then His son Jonathan who was the beloved friend and supporter of King David. While not given truly any details on these men here in 1 Chronicles, thankfully we have the rest of scripture to help with that. Let’s find ourselves in the posture then of searching out the scriptures for more detail and information when a particular passage doesn’t seem to offer it. Often clarity can be found and answers given about a confusing text in other parts of scripture. Yet when we only look at the few verses in our daily reading, and don’t find ourselves examining other scriptures, we can miss out on the bigger narrative God is seeking to share with us. For example, we wouldn’t have known Saul was the first king of Israel who lost his right to the throne by his sinful actions just from this passages, but those are important details. We wouldn’t have known that Jonathan was the close friend of David, that saved David’s life from his father Saul and helped him remain alive so the Savior of the world could come through his line. Allow scripture then to help you understand scripture more fully, but to do this it will take a deeper commitment to the study of scripture. Find yourself deep in the word of God and learning everything we can from the message our Lord gave us. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2562
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