4/7/2011 5:30:15 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: A costly rebellion
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 2Kings 3:1-8
Message of the verses: “1 ¶
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel at Samaria in the
eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 2 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, though
not like his father and his mother; for he put away the sacred pillar of Baal
which his father had made. 3
Nevertheless, he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which
he made Israel sin; he did not depart from them. 4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder,
and used to pay the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.
5 But when Ahab died, the king of Moab
rebelled against the king of Israel.
6 ¶ And King Jehoram went out of
Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel. 7
Then he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,
"The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight
against Moab?" And he said, "I will go up; I am as you are, my people
as your people, my horses as your horses." 8 He said, "Which way shall we go
up?" And he answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom."
The
first paragraph tells who is king of Israel and who is king of Judah, and it
give the background for what is about to take place in the land of Israel. In Dr. Wiersbe’s commentary he actually does
very little commentary on the first three verses of this chapter an so I will
pick it up with verses four through eight.
After
Ahab’s death and a short reign of his son Ahaziah’s Moab decided to rebel
against Israel because of the great amount of sheep and wool that they had to
pay to them each year. King Joram did
not want to lose this free income and since his brother-in-law was ruling
Israel with his father Jehoshaphat he decided to go to war against Moab with
the help of Judah. They decided to go
and attack Moab from the south and in doing this Israel’s army had to go
through Judah to do this. The southern
border of Moab was more venerable than the northern border.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I see no word in this section about
consulting the Lord before this planned battle.
There
are times in my life when I go off and do what seems to be the best thing for
me to do without praying and asking the Lord’s counsel and this is something I
need to stop. God has the greatest of
wisdom an so I need always to seek the Lord when doing things.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Give myself to the Lord for worship and
service, and seek the Lord’s counsel in all decisions I make.
2.
Continue to learn contentment.
3.
Remember the battle rages on and I am in need of the
spiritual armor, especially to protect my mind.
4.
Trust the Lord to direct my path today. 4/7/2011 5:47:45 AM
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