I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading. I had been using One Year Bible Online, but it was time for a change.

Today, I am reading and commenting on 1 Chronicles 5-6.

    Today’s passage is more genealogies and land grants. However, wedged in there while talking about the tribes east of the Jordan is an important lesson. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh were successful in their early conquests because they cried out to God and trusted Him. However, they were later taken into exile because they were unfaithful to God. After they conquered the land and became wealthy they began to worship the gods of the peoples whom God had destroyed to make room for them. This is an important lesson for us. God will be with us if we trust Him and call on Him. However, disaster will find us if we do not remain faithful to Him. I would like to point out that this disaster is not God punishing us for our unfaithfulness (more on God’s punishment in a moment). The disaster which follows our being unfaithful to God is the natural consequence of our actions. God will mete out punishment for our unfaithfulness in an effort to discipline us and turn us from our sin before those sins bring disaster. God loves us and tries to show us the consequences of our sins while there is yet time to turn from those sins.