2Kings 3:1-24
Christ is the spiritual side of his chosen people. There will always be a few people that want to do right. They always keep trying no matter how short they keep falling. On this journey, you’re going to meet people that you like who are not the friends of God. Mesha King of Moab was friendly to Ahab the King of Israel, and to his people by rendering unto the king of Israel thousands of lambs and rams with wool. Years later Ahab dies. Israel has a new king as a result to the death of King Ahab the king of Israel.
Ahab was doing evil in the sight of God; he caused Israel to sin, he was not remorseful at all. When you are known to do evil, evil people will support whatever you’re involved in. Not only did Ahab do evil in the sight of the lord, but his son did evil too in the sight of Jesus. The friendship of the world will make you sin against God; and they might be the people you work with. There’s a personality drive going on in order to play the role, you got to become evil to have all the friends that it promises.
It is evil to serve other gods. Ahab married the daughter of the King of the Zidonians, and he loved her with all his heart. He loved her so much he did things that made Jesus angry more than all the kings of Israel that were before him. God was angry; he says anger but sin not. God puts up with his people for being in love with idol gods. Before that they didn’t know, now, we know Jesus, the Father of all spirits.
Jeroboam, the son of Nebat was the leader of his own “king Pen” He was connected to the work he did, and he did such a good job at evil that God was impress, but angry at the same time at him. Remember how someone impressed you but you were angry at them at the same time. God works in mysterious ways. Jesus gave him favor over the people.
The “Devil” says to Jesus if you let him live he’ll turn Israel against the Lord. Because of Jesus and because there’s no doubt in the Lord, God puts Israel to the test to test them to prove the devil wrong. Now, they know why Jesus was angry at the temple sales, and drove them out.
Perhaps! Jeroboam was a man of experience as a ruler who knew how to build on the hills; and he kept a pocket full of money. Even the people of God were in agreement with this. Israel begins to shift their focus.
The influence of Jeroboam’s name is welded solid in a firm position and passed down from generation to generation. Have you ever been somewhere or been around a person, you find comfort, but you know in your heart they don’t mean you any good, but you keep going back for their companionship. The spirit of Jeroboam has entered the heart of men who have been carried away from the Lord and seek companionship from the ungodly.
To prove that this influence exist today, one must look at how generations after generations have sacrificed their life to save this image to be like Jeroboam, but they think it’s the person or something about them that keeps driving them to slide back. Thou shall not have no other god before Jesus they have missed the truth about who He really is but on the real side of what is going on. Everyman today has heard the truth. Now you know the truth about Jesus and who is accusing you before him.
Jeroboam knows how to accuse others and win the trust of his listeners. This man was sold out to the world. He wore the label and style and flavor; to him being remorseful was a sin. This man has so much influence that he turned Omri, the father of Ahab and Ahab turned his son Jehoram and he wrought evil, but not like his father Ahab and his mother Jezebel. One man with Satan on his side turned the father and son against Jesus to live out his legend. Now days it’s easy to find yourself living out someone else legend. God is angry because this influence has turned his people against the Lord.
Jesus does things not the way most of us expect him too. Jesus knows Jehoram is doing evil in his sight, but he lets him live. Time has passed by, and the Lord is still angry. Can’t know body hold anger like Jesus, this is what Jesus is doing right now for you if you’re of sin; he turned Mesha king of Moab against Jehoram, and motivated Jehoram to fight the Moabites. You don’t know who the Lord will motivate to pay a wage off.
The Moabites are mortal enemies of Israel. When a group of people act like the adversary of God and turn the people of God against the least of his littlies; there led by Jeroboam, the spirit that works in the children of disobedience. Jesus is about to turn the water red and make them believe the wrong things.
Follow the leaders, because it’s fun? It might be fun for a little while, until God has had enough of it.
If you’ve been turning the people of God against him, Jesus might let you live so you will see who he is and who has the last word over life or death.
Maybe you have found yourself being angry at others for no reason at all, when you suppose to be letting your light shine. This is how the world acts. This is not how the people of God act. Jesus says you must be born again of the water and of the spirit. Jesus caused the Moabites to see the water on the other side as red. If you need a sign to lead you, Jesus might be setting you up for an ambush. It is a fearful thing to fall in the hands of angry Jesus. One doesn’t know what Jesus is going to do next or how He’s coming next.
If you have made a commitment to serve the lord, what you want to do is keep Him first.
You can do this! And if sometimes you’re discouraged! I know exactly how you feel!
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Darren T. Sirmans
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