[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,
Jehoshaphat had 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.
Ever
make a deal with the devil? How’d that work out for you?
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