
When I came upon 2 Chronicles 24:20 this morning, these words stood out. The entire verse is, โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ก๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด๐ต. ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด: ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ? ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ!โโ
The king, leaders, and people had willingly chosen to leave the ways of God to live as their hearts desired.
The words, โWhy do you disobey the Lordโs commands and ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด?โ jumped off the page at me.
We all want to prosper, right? I mean, we could all use a raise on income and a lowering of expenses.
Sorry. This isnโt that.
The word translated as prosper here is ืชึทืฆึฐืึดึืืืึผ, meaning: strong, effective, powerful; be of use; succeed; be successful, succeed, enjoy success; make succeed.
The idea isnโt that youโll be wealthy in cash, but in true success. Youโll be useful to the Lord and those around you. Youโll be effective in the things you do for Him. Your life, your ministry, your words will be powerful in the hands of the Lord.
If youโre trying and trying to serve God but all your efforts fall flat, it might be that there is disobedience somewhere in your life. BUTโฆthatโs not the end-all, my friend. Thatโs just the beginning!
Like David did in Psalms 26:2, ask God to examine every part of you. As Jeremiah urged in Lamentations 3:40, test and examine your ways to see what is out of alignment with the Lord.
CONFESS: Agree with God about any disobedience in you, then turn from it.
REPENT: Determine in that moment that no matter how good that feels, no matter how confident or powerful or entertained that thing makes you feel, youโre choosing God over it every time.
In that moment, God will forgive you and wash you of all that UNrighteousness and put your prosperity back in place.
Choose well today, my friend. Choose well.
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