2/3/2011 5:40:20 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: An Angry king
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Ki. 12:18-24;
2Chron. 10:18-19; 11:1-4
Message of the verses: “18
Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all
Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot
to flee to Jerusalem. 19 So Israel has
been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. 20 It came about when all Israel heard that
Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the assembly and made
him king over all Israel. None but the tribe of Judah followed the house of
David. 21 Now when Rehoboam had come to
Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin,
180,000 chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel to
restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 22 But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man
of God, saying, 23 "Speak to Rehoboam
the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin
and to the rest of the people, saying, 24
’Thus says the LORD, "You must not go up and fight against your
relatives the sons of Israel; return every man to his house, for this thing has come from Me."’"
So they listened to the word of the LORD, and returned and went their way
according to the word of the LORD.”
“18 Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over
the forced labor, and the sons of Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam
made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. 19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the
house of David to this day.”
“1
¶ Now when Rehoboam had come to
Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men who
were warriors, to fight against Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
2 But the word of the LORD came to
Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 3
"Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all
Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 4
’Thus says the LORD, "You shall not go up or fight against your
relatives; return every man to his house, for this thing is from
Me."’" So they listened to the words of the LORD and returned from
going against Jeroboam.”
There
seems to be a dispute over who Adoram actually was, for there was a man with
that name doing that job for both David and Solomon, so perhaps this was a
relative of one of them. At any rate
this was a good choice for the king because the problem was with the forced
labor and also with taxes.
At
this point I want to quote from Dr. Wiersbe’s commentary on 1Kings, and 2nd
Chronicles because I think this quote tell about the most important part of this
section of the Scriptures above. “Though
what happened was the consequence of Rehoboam’s foolishness and Jeroboam’s
aggressiveness, it was God who had ruled and overruled to bring about the
division, thus fulfilling Ahijah’s prophecy.
Each man had acted freely and so had their counselors, yet the Lord’s
will was done. (See Acts 2:23) ‘23 this
Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you
nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.’ Our sovereign God is so great that He lets people make their own
decisions and yet accomplishes His purposes.” This last highlighted portion seems to put it
in a nutshell for me.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I am responsible for my actions but God is in
control of my life, therefore I must seed the Lord in all decisions, and then
trust that the Lord will guide me into His will for my life.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Trust the Lord to guide my path this morning.
2.
Remember that I am in a spiritual battle and in need
of my spiritual armor.
2/3/2011 5:57:36 AM
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