1 Chronicles 12:14
These Gadites were officers of the army; the least was a match for a hundred men and the greatest for a thousand.
The Gadites were billy bad apple. The least of them would give a hundred men a hard time and the greatest of them could be counted on to take out a thousand.
These are the kind of men you want in your local congregation and your personal contacts. They are forces to be reckoned with. If you want to tangle with them, you need to convince at least one hundred other people to come with you if you're to have a shot. And that's assuming you're picking a fight on the least of them. But rest assured, if you mix it up with the least of them it will soon be the least of your problems. Wait until the greatest of them arrive to have his back.
A few verses later, the men of Issachar are described this way:
1 Chronicles 12:32
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
These men knew what was up and how to throw down. They could read the story that they were in and they knew how to end it. They were well-versed in the narrative arc of the day and in the art of end punctuation.
May God again give us men like these of Issachar and Gad and give us the courage and faith to follow in their footsteps.
*Penelope pointed verse 14 out to me after her nightly Bible reading 11/13/21
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