DCLM Daily Manna Monday, June 6 2022
TOPIC: No Short Cut
KEY VERSE
“There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”
1 Kings 15:19
DCLM Daily Manna Monday, June 6 2022 OUTLINE
Men often seek short cut to success in life. Rather than live by God’s righteous standard, they seek to achieve success by any means possible. They justify their action by arguing that the end justifies the means. This is despite their moral failings and character flaws, all of which contravene God’s expectations from His children.
Such was the beginning of the end for King Asa, who had begun well to rule Judah, and introduced great reforms in the land. He brought back true worship of God and destroyed all objects of idolatry in Judah. He generally lived and ruled righteously. In return, God gave the land rest and prospered his reign.
However, at the time he faced an onslaught from Baasha, the king of Israel, instead of turning to God, he sought help from Benhadad, the king of Syria. When challenged by a prophet of God that he had gone astray, he arrested and imprisoned him, and oppressed anyone else who raised his voice against his excesses. He was soon struck by God with a disease in his feet. Yet in that condition, he would not turn to God, but sought treatment from physicians. They could not help him and he died from that sickness.
Often, choosing the easy rather than the right way results in greater problems. You may get the reprieve you seek, but in the process incur the anger of the Lord. Never withdraw your trust from God because of present suffering, nor seek solution to your problem, other than from God. It is the surest way to avoid a life of regret and eternal separation from Him.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
The life that pleases God is a marathon, not a quick and easy dash.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
1 Chronicles 21-24
