Jotham Reigns in Judah

 

 

2 Kings 15:32-38

October 25, 2021

 

Jotham Reigns in Judah

In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign.   He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.   And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done.   Nevertheless, the high places were not removed. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.   Now the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?   In those days the Lord began to send Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.   Jotham slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

God’s ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts than our thoughts, with that, said, often when we read the Scriptures, we come away wondering why they did that, why God did what He did.  Why did Uzziah and his son not fully follow what had been written and passed down to them?  But, when we go there it becomes a double edge sword, in that the Holy Spirit will ask, Bob why do you do so.

I have no defense, I listen to the wrong voice, and get caught up in the world system, yet God has said I am not part of this system, this is not my home, I’m just passing through.  What about you, are you using the wrong weapons, the world's ways and not God’s.  If so you are living below your calling, get back in God’s word, and pray.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice