The One Year Bible - Day 220

"because the gracious hand of the Lord was on him". Note that Ezra was not a priest, he was a scribe although he was a Levite. I like to think he was simply a spiritual, practical man who demonstrates that God does not only use airy-fairy spiritual types to make things happen. He warns us not to undervalue those who although spiritual, are mainly practical in nature and put out the chairs or fix the buildings or unlock the building for services. We mustn't under-appreciate these people. Not because we are spiritual and they are practical but because practical people can be spiritual too and are sometimes just as able to teach, prophecy and pastor those as the people who are not really practical at all!