Day 110
Reading: 2 Kings 15:1 - 2 Kings 17:41
Is God real to you? Is God everything to you? Is God the only One you worship in the midst of all that happens in the nations of the earth. Reading through the books of Kings in the Bible I can't but help thinking of the world today. The similarities of the conditions of the hearts and actions of mankind are unbelievable and yet the child of God is in many cases oblivious to the ways of God.
Reading through the portion of scripture above we are introduced to Uzziah the King of Judah who reigned for 52 years. The longest reigning king of Israel. He is referred to as Azariah also. He began his reign at 16 years of age. He did what was right before God even though he died a leper for God struck him with leprosy. Responsibility comes with a load of accountability.
As Uzziah reigned over Judah numerous kings reigned in Israel. None sought God that finally, God gave the Assyrians victory over the people of Samaria and then the entire kingdom of Israel. At first, when the Assyrians came and attacked Samaria the King of Israel, Menahem, collected a tax from all the wealthy people to give to the Assyrian king which then turned him away. The man didn't run to God instead he came up with a solution which he thought would last however it was short lived.
The children of Israel were carried captive by the Assyrians who then populated their cities with their own population. This was in fulfilment to the word of God which Moses spoke that a time would come and the people would be carried to foreign lands Deut 28:47-66. Reading the curses that Moses pronounced you will see that all came to pass over the children of Israel. How many believers have been displaced because of disobedience to God?
Just because they were displaced from their land didn't mean that God forgot the land. The Assyrians who dwelt in Samaria had to deal with marauding lions that ate them because they didn't fear the Lord. The Assyrian king got a priest to teach the people the fear of the Lord though they continued to sacrifice to their gods. How many Assyrian kings have arisen today who are supervising religions while many serve foreign gods?
Though the Assyrians living in Samaria had a priest teaching the Fear of the Lord they still sacrificed to their goods. This is a picture of today. We have many priests teaching on Sunday, however, the people have another god they serve from Sunday afternoon to Saturday night. God is only thought of for the space of 2 hours and then we wonder why He is not involved in all our affairs. The people being taught the law were not God's covenant children a replica of today where many say they are Christians yet have no covenant with God. May we return to God and serve Him wholeheartedly peradventure the hand of judgement will pass us. Only God is to be served, feared, worshipped and lived for. Everything else is temporal. He has promised to deliver if we walk uprightly before Him.
Memory Verse: 2 Kings 17:39
Decree
Father, I surrender my all to You. I choose to serve You. I declare that I will walk in the fear of God all the days of my life. I decree that God is my deliverer. I decree that that will only worship Jehovah all the days of my life.
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