Reading
SAA Notes
Isn’t verse 33 of chapter 13 tragic? Jereboam and Rehoboam grew up within a believing society when the tide of faith was at its high point. In terms of Psalm 2, they refused to kiss the Son and so they were destroyed in going their own way. Ponder on the words of God’s severe mercy to Jereboam’s son in 14:12,13.
SJA Notes
* Lord God, we give thanks to You, for You are good, Your steadfast love endures forever!
“And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found something pleasing to the LORD, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.”
There is a mystery in how God works. His calling and election, His decisions, His sovereign will and mighty power.
Here is a mystery shown in this passage.
There was something pleasing to the Lord found in the child of Jeroboam!
Hallelujah for this!
Because it is for us. We have something pleasing in us, buried gold in a field, a light in the darkness, true religion and worship.
But.
Of no goodness in ourselves, we have the goodness, the righteousness, of God the Son – Jesus the messiah king.
Of no goodness in ourselves, we are able to choose obedience, the things that please God.
We can resist idolatry, flee from the sin of Jeroboam son of Nebat. A sin that is still as evil and potent and evident today as it was in the days of the Israelite kings.
And so how wonderful it is that our Lord, the Almighty sovereign God, can find something pleasing in us.
Because God dwells in us! Because God the Spirit lives within us, little tabernacles, we all living stones being built up into that spiritual house.
Humility. Meekness. A contrite spirit. A trembling at God’s word. To do justice. To love mercy. To walk humbly with our Lord God.
* God Above,
Lord, thank You for saving us.
Thank You for saving us unto (but not because of) good works.
Please help us today to please You.
Mark us as a faithful people today, we would please You!
Amen.