[Jehoram] passed
away, to no one’s regret (2
Chronicles 21:20).
Jehoram was not like
his father. Jehoshaphat was a good king who loved God and loved his people. In
an effort to build an alliance with the northern kingdom Israel, well-meaning
Jehoshaphat had naïvely arranged a marriage for his son with Athaliah daughter
of Ahab and Jezebel. A deal with the devil.
Never get into a
card game with a shark. The deck is always stacked against us and any attempt
to outsmart him will end in crushing defeat. Though there were no hostilities
between Judah and Israel for those years when they were connected by family
ties, there was a disintegration of Judah’s moral and ethical foundation.
Even Elijah, prophet
to Israel, sent Jehoram a letter accusing him of cold blooded murder, and
prostituting his people to foreign gods. The letter included a chilling
prophecy that made Asa’s aching feet sound like a walk in the park… without the
achy feet.
Walking hand in hand
with the enemy sounds like a good way of keeping him where we can see him, but
it always has a way of coming back to hurt us. Hence the Apostle Paul’s
admonishment: Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do
righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have
with darkness? (2 Corinthians 6:14).
Our focus verse
reveals how much Jehoram was missed after he was gone.
TODAY’S MEDITATION
Ever make a deal with the
devil? How’d that work out for you? What did you learn?
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