Lessons From Jehoshaphat

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word.

 

2Ch 17:3 Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of his father David; he did not seek the Baals,

 4 but sought the God of his father, and walked in His commandments and not according to the acts of Israel.

 5 Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave presents to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.

 6 And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; moreover he removed the high places and wooden images from Judah.

 

Jehoshaphat was one of the “good kings” of the southern kingdom. He sought the Lord and his heart took delight in the Lord’s ways.  

 

The timeless message of Jehoshaphat is get rid of the idols in your life. Admit (confess) that there is only one God. And if He is indeed your God, then seek to live your life in accordance with His  Word, the Bible’ Let the word of God shape your life, rather than the ways of the world.

A promise given a long time ago to Solomon is relevant even today.

1Ch 28:9 "As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.

 

It’s either/or isn’t it? Life with God forever, or life without (forsaken) by Him forever.

 

I’d say that’s pretty high stakes! We could get caught up with the theology of salvation, embodied in the “who sought who, but I would rather rejoice in my state right now.

 

Because I once was lost, but now I am found. I don’t care about the semantics, I just rejoice in the fact that God has seen to it that I am found! The glory is all His!

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Todays Living Word.