2 Chronicles 13-16; 1 Kings 15:1-24 Count your blessings…

Do you sometimes find yourself in a situation where you don’t know where to turn? Just as there are two sides of a coin, so there are two sides to a problem you are facing. God has given us these choices to test our hearts. Will we, like King Asa, turn to Him for answers and relief or like King Jeroboam who relied upon his golden calves for answers? 

The Chronicler wrote these chapters to show us this principle: “The real difference between the Southern and Northern Kingdoms was theological. Judah was relying on what God had done, but Israel was trusting in what she could do.” [Dr. Constable] That sums up what is written. Two kings, two solutions and two outcomes. Once again we see the pattern: obey God and be blessed, turn from Him and seek your own solution brings trouble and loss. There is a question that we might bring to mind here if and when we turn to our own solutions: “how’s that working for you?” 

Today seek His face and His way and then you can sing the hymn: Count your blessings, name them one by one, count your blessings, see what God has done.