The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 2 Chronicles 22:4,
Surround yourself with immoral people and you will certainly suffer harm, both to yourself as well as your loved ones. This is why parents are naturally concerned with who their children "hang with." As we grow into adulthood nothing changes, it is an easy way to bring destruction into our lives.
On the other hand, I love the principle the Lord gives us in Proverbs, "Walk with the wise and become wise..." Imagine the impact spending time with the Son of God through prayer and reading Scripture has on our lives!
One of the many ways the Lord blesses us - is his providing us wonderful brothers and sisters in the Lord and the time he provides us with them.
It really makes a difference who we surround ourselves with. Just ask King Ahaziah!
"He [King Ahaziah of Judah] did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for after his father's death they became his advisers, to his undoing."
The reign of Ahaziah was a short one, just one year. We are told in the above verse that his undoing was brought about by him allowing the members of Ahab's house to be his advisors. Ahab, the king of the northern kingdom, was a wicked man, the husband of Jezebel.
Surrounding himself with wicked people was a certain recipe for personal and political destruction and failure for Ahaziah. It certainly is a recipe for personal destruction for anyone. We read in Proverbs 13:20, "Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm." In the book of Proverbs a fool is not someone with a lack of intelligence, but a lack of moral bearing, a lack of wisdom in life due to moral corruption and failure.
On the other hand, I love the principle the Lord gives us in Proverbs, "Walk with the wise and become wise..." Imagine the impact spending time with the Son of God through prayer and reading Scripture has on our lives!
One of the many ways the Lord blesses us - is his providing us wonderful brothers and sisters in the Lord and the time he provides us with them.
It really makes a difference who we surround ourselves with. Just ask King Ahaziah!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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