There was also Obed Edom, whom God blessed by giving him eight sons. – 1 Chronicles 26:4 GNT

This was the only man whom the scriptures indicated was blessed by God by giving him eight sons. All the other heads of family had sons but none had the description of being blessed by God.

It caught my attention and I had to remind myself why this was the case.

Obed Edom was the man who owned the property where the Ark of God resided after Uzzah died after touching it. It stayed there for threee months and I recalled that God blessed his household and everything he owned in such a manner that King David noticed.

Here is the chapter where Obed Edom name is mentioned quite a few times – 1 Chronicles 15

What I did find interesting, is that Obed Edom sold his property, all of it to King David. So what occupation did he have after the Ark left his home? He moved himself and his family along with the Ark to Jerusalem.

His occupation included being a Temple Guard, a musician (played the harp) and a gatekeeper – with a focus surrounding the Ark. God’s blessing also included his apppointments and postion of service.

Remember his eight sons? His sons had sons, sixty-two in all. What did Obed Edom do to gain such favour? Was it only because the Ark was on his property that all of this happened?

The Jewish scholars believed that Obed Edom did not just have the Ark on his property but that through his faith, his attitude and prayerful actions created a relationship with God and that relationship was reciprocated back to him with the Lord establishing a legacy of generational blessing.

Today, I do not need to go to a physical place to meet with God. I can meet Him anywhere. However, I believe that I do not take that relationship for granted, but rather seek and desire to have more of Him and to be consumed by the Holy Spirit.

I can sense His desire for that relationship to happen. It calls me to repent, it calls me to forgive, and it causes me to be careful with what my eyes and ears see and hear that may take me away from having such a sweet relationship with Him.

Prayer becomes a key in making this all happen.

A woman with a little boy who was perfectly incorrigible, once came to me in desperation and said: “What shall I do with him?” I asked, “Have you ever tried prayer?” She said that she had prayed for him, she thought. I asked if she had made his conversion and his character a matter of definite, expectant prayer. She replied that she had not been definite in the matter. She began that day, and at once there was a marked change in the child, and he grew up into Christian manhood. – R.A. Torrey