2 Kings 14; 2 Chronicles 25

Amaziah’s life is an example of how one who follows God’s Word and consequently experiences His blessing can become proud when he or she forgets that his or her blessings come from God’s grace.

How true that statement is! Pride is the most grievous sin apart from the other sins recorded in the Ten Commandments. Secondly, we must keep our eyes on the Lord lest we end up like Amaziah! A repeated theme in these chapters and others is that we have the profound problem of pride and forgetfulness. We fail to remember what God has done, and for many this happens later in life. But, why? Why do we fail as we grow older? Why do we forget the blessings of the Lord? Why do we presume that God will be with us when we do not seek His will. first? 

David prayed “when I am old and gray, do not forsake me” but perhaps that should be reworded to when I am old and gray, remind me over And over what the Lord has done. Stay in the Word. Stay committed to the Lord.