Contemplative Bible Reading

1 Chronicles 26:13 (New Living Translation)

They were assigned by families for guard duty at the various gates, without regard to age or training, for it was all decided by means of sacred lots.

Here is yet another example of a decision made by casting lots. This was an important decision: who would guard what section of the wall. This was about life and death.

Note, the people were assigned regardless of age or training. How non-sensical can you be? Regardless of age or training? That was crazy, yet that is how it was done.

We are much more logical, practical, and a lot of other words ending in “al” that express our superiority of being  modern or post modern or post post modern (or whatever we call it this weekend) man. Have we missed something in our superiority? Have we left God and the sacred lots out? Note the use of the adjective “sacred” in describing the lots.

Where are we?