2 Chronicles 16:9-17:1
– For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to
strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a
foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.” Asa was angry with the
seer because of this; he was so enraged that he put him in prison. At the
same time Asa brutally oppressed some of the people. The events of Asa’s reign,
from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. In
the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his
feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help
from the Lord, but only
from the physicians. Then in the forty-first year of his reign Asa died
and rested with his ancestors. They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out
for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier covered with
spices and various blended perfumes, and they made a huge fire in his
honor. Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king and strengthened himself
against Israel.
Zechariah
4:10 – “Who dares despise the day of
small things, since the seven eyes of
the Lord that range throughout the earth
will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel?”
2
Chronicles 25:7 – But a man of God
came to him and said, “Your Majesty, these troops from Israel must
not march with you, for the Lord is
not with Israel—not with any of the people of Ephraim.
1
Kings 22:19 – Micaiah continued,
“Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with
all the multitudes of heaven standing around him on his
right and on his left.
2
Chronicles 19:7 – Now let the fear
of the Lord be
on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our
God there is no injustice or partiality or
bribery.”
Application:
- · God oversees the whole earth and is therefore in control of the situation in Judah.
- · “Troops from Israel must not march with you” was another instance of the Chronicler’s condemnation of alliances that imply lack of trust in the Lord.
- · Micaiah’s description of the heavenly scene puts the earthly scene into which he had been brought in its true light—a powerful portrayal of where the true power lies and of the folly of human pretensions.
- · Let a terrifying sense of God’s presence restrain you from any injustice.
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
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