Please read 2 Chronicles 21.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/2ch/21/1/s_388001
Meditate on verses 6-7.
He (Jehoram) walked in the way of the kings of
Israel, just as the house of Ahab did
(for Ahab's daughter was his wife), and he did evil
in the sight of the LORD. Yet the LORD was not willing
to destroy the house of David because of the covenant
which He had made with David, and since He had
promised to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.
What a sobering chapter from God’s Word! Contrast the evil of King Jehoram with the faithfulness of God. Although Jehoram killed his six brothers and enticed Judah into adulterous idolatry, God did not totally wipe out his royal family because of His covenant promises to David (vs. 4, 7, 11). God keeps His covenant promises, but do not mistake His faithfulness to mean He turns a blind eye to sin. Jehoram’s flagrant evil brought God’s calamity on his family and a horrible bowel disease on himself (vs. 12-15).
Does this chapter convict you of areas where you take God’s covenant of salvation lightly, forgetting the price Christ paid for sins? As you confess your sins to the LORD, use the words from 2 Chronicles 21:7 and 13-14 as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD, thank You for not being willing to eternally destroy
me because of the covenant You made with me.
Let Your lamp shine on __________ and me forever.
Please forgive me for walking in the way of the world, causing
others to play the harlot against You, killing them by not telling
them about You. LORD, please help me walk with You, so You
do not need to strike me, my people, my family,
and all my possessions with great calamity.
In Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 4 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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