2 Chronicles 19:1-7 NASB
(1)
Then
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.
(2)
Jehu
the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat,
"Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD and so bring
wrath on yourself from the LORD?
(3)
"But
there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and
you have set your heart to seek God."
(4)
So
Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem and went out again among the people from
Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the LORD, the
God of their fathers.
(5)
He
appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by
city.
(6)
He
said to the judges, "Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for
man but for the LORD who is with you when you render judgment.
(7)
"Now
then let the fear of the LORD be upon you; be very careful what you do, for the
LORD our God will have no part in unrighteousness or partiality or the taking
of a bribe."
Proverbs
3:12 says for whom the Lord loves He reproves.
Here
we are continuing with last week’s lesson.
God sends Jehu to deliver His message and Jehoshaphat humbly accepts the
Lord’s rebuke and makes changes.
God
could have left him lying on the same battlefield with Ahab. We serve a gracious God. Even when we mess up and go in the wrong
direction God gives a second chance. Many
times the chances God gives is too numerous to count.
When
God sends correction, it is not for punishment.
It is to help us make wiser decisions.
He does so because he loves us.
Jehoshaphat responded in a positive way.
He brought the people back to the Lord.
God’s
will is for us to obey Him and to tell others about Jesus, because Jesus is the
way, the truth and the life.
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