Over the last few days between work and other distractions I have only read the word and have not been writing about what it said to me. There have been passages that have stood our over that last few days the reading for the last few days has 8/8 1 Kings 13, 2 Chronicles 11, Psalm 130, Revelation 3, and Luke 20 8/9 1 Kings 14, 2 Chronicles 12-13, and Revelation 4-5 and 8/10 1 Kings 15, 2 Chronicles 14-16, and Revelation 6.
The passages that stood out were, Psalm 130:5-6, I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. 2 Chronicles 13:18, Thus the men of Israel were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed, because they relied on the Lord, the God of their fathers. And 2 Chronicles 16:7-8, At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, “Because you relied on the king of Syria, and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you. Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the Lord, he gave them into your hand.
It is interesting on how all these passages point to waiting and trusting on the lord even in the midst of a battle. The Psalmist talks about waiting on God and hoping in his word, and the 2 Chronicles passages about kings ether relying on God or not and the consequences of those actions. We all need to make a point to focus more on God and his plans and less on the pressures of this world.
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