Yahweh wanted to be King of His people and make a place for them. They rejected Him, and He warned them. He gave them what they wanted, and they became enslaved like everyone else. In 1 & 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles, people are faced with choices. Would they continue to reject the Lord and create their own high places of worship, or return to the Lord and His rightful place of worship? Would they do what was right IN THE LORD'S SIGHT as written in His word, or what was evil IN THE LORD'S SIGHT that seemed to work in the world? We face the same choices today...IN THE LORD'S SIGHT. #1kings #2kings #2chronicles #2023
Lord we thank You that You see all things. Help us to trust your plan for this world now and the new world that you will bring when You return. As we look at the Kings of Your people from ages past, help us to see you and ourselves. May we strive to understand our standing in You our King. May we long for the day when we will stand before you in your sight. Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do. May we answer the same way Solomon did when you asked him, What Should I Give You? Amen
God had made a people of His own from Abraham. He had delivered them from slavery, subdued their enemies, and had brought them into the land that he promised them. However, because of their unwillingness to listen to God, his prophets, and his judges they asked for a king. God wanted to be their King but, they rejected him because they wanted to be like everyone else. They wanted an earthly king to do for them and provide for them what only God can. For 430 years, God allows his people to experience the reality of having what they want, an earthly King. God in his mercy and plan uses these kings to point His people to their need for Him to be their King.
Solomon marries a foreign wife and makes a treaty with Egypt. Solomon is making elaborate sacrifices on the high places that God never asked for and that He actually said not to do. The sacrifices and worship were supposed to happen at the tabernacle. Yet, God in his mercy and grace still meets Solomon and asks him, “What Should I Give You?”