6.29.8 "How His Heart Must Break"

"How His Heart Must Break"

2 Kings 15:1-16:20
Acts 19:13-41
Psalm 147:1-20
Proverbs 18:4-5

For those of you who are going along in the One Year Bible, we've been plugging along in 2 Kings. I've gone through this many times before, and to be honest, it can be easy to get bored. It's a pattern: Bad king, bad king, good king who doesn't destroy high places, bad king, bad king... etc. from cold observation, it can be very irritating reading.

But think of the Heart of God. His love for His people is unfathomable. Look at what he's done in their lives to fulfill his promises to them. Think of the times he heard them cry out to him, and he provided to meet their need. Quail, Manna, the Red Sea, Jericho... There's a history here. A history of a Loving God doing whatever it takes to draw his people to him.

And yet king after king lives, does evil & dies. Decades roll by through this repetition. Thousands enter eternity knowing not God.

If we read these scriptures from God's perspective, we can almost be moved to tears. The Kings are killing one another & building heathen altars in the temple. Imagine how God must feel to see his people. They KNOW what to do. They KNOW the right thing. They are SO close! And yet they don't tear down the high places.

What would it take for God to send his Son? I can imagine it would be a heart that is broken beyond comprehension. Broken for a people who just don't get it. There is a need to make things right. The sacrifice is great. The pain unfathomable.

And now...

As we live our lives Knowing God, what does he see? Are the days of the Kings gone? Thankfully in this age of grace there are those who remain faithful and strong, and do the right thing, but are the high places gone?

The Kings who did evil in the sight of God did some horrible things. Surely not the body of Christ! Yet there are the shrines of hidden sin and compromise imbedded in the hills of God's people. There are those who resist the conviction of the Holy Spirit by hiding behind busy lives. There are those who have a form of godliness, but deny the power thereof. There are those who worship in Spirit, but not in truth. There are those who Make NO effort to keep the unity through the bond of peace. There are those who have NOT hidden his Word in there heart, and as a result there IS sin against Him. There are those who have buried their talent in the ground. There are those who are blind to their neighbors' desperate need for Christ.

They KNOW what to do. They KNOW the right thing. They are SO close! And yet they don't tear down the high places.

How His Heart Must Break.


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P Greg


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