DLCM DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL
SEEK GOD ALWAYS
21ST , JUNE 2022
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Timothy 1-4
TEXT: 2 Kings 13:1-25
1 In the twenty-third year
of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became
king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
2 And he did evil in the
sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had
made Israel sin. He did not [b]depart from them.
3 Then the anger of the
Lord was aroused against Israel, and He delivered them into the hand of Hazael
king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael, all their
days.
4 So Jehoahaz pleaded with
the Lord, and the Lord listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel,
because the king of Syria oppressed them.
5 Then the Lord gave Israel
a deliverer, so that they escaped from under the hand of the Syrians; and the
children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before.
6 Nevertheless they did not
depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin, but
walked in them; and the [c]wooden image also remained in Samaria.
7 For He left of the army
of Jehoahaz only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers;
for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at
threshing.
8 Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoahaz, all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
9 So Jehoahaz rested with
his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. Then Joash his son reigned in his
place.
10 In the thirty-seventh
year of Joash king of Judah,Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel
in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
11 And he did evil in the
sight of the Lord. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who made Israel sin, but walked in them.
12 Now the rest of the acts
of Joash, all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah
king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Israel?
13 So Joash rested with his
fathers. Then Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with
the kings of Israel.
14 Elisha had become sick
with the illness of which he would die. Then Joash the king of Israel came down
to him, and wept over his face, and said, “O my father, my father, the chariots
of Israel and their horsemen!”
15 And Elisha said to him,
“Take a bow and some arrows.” So he took himself a bow and some arrows.
16 Then he said to the king
of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So he put his hand on it, and Elisha put
his hands on the king’s hands.
17 And he said, “Open the
east window”; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot”; and he shot. And he
said, “The arrow of the Lord’s deliverance and the arrow of deliverance from
Syria; for you must strike the Syrians at Aphek till you have destroyed them.”
18 Then he said, “Take the
arrows”; so he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the
ground”; so he struck three times, and stopped.
19 And the man of God was
angry with him, and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you
would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! But now you will strike
Syria only three times.”
20 Then Elisha died, and
they buried him. And the raiding bands from Moab invaded the land in the spring
of the year.
21 So it was, as they were
burying a man, that suddenly they spied a band of raiders; and they put the man
in the tomb of Elisha; and when the man was let down and touched the bones of
Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.
22 And Hazael king of Syria
oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
23 But the Lord was
gracious to them, had compassion on them, and regarded them, because of His
covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not yet destroy them or cast
them from His presence.
24 Now Hazael king of Syria
died. Then Ben-Hadad his son reigned in his place.
25 And Jehoash the son of
Jehoahaz recaptured from the hand of Ben-Hadad, the son of Hazael, the cities
which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times
Joash defeated him and recaptured the cities of Israel.
KEY VERSE:
“Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof
he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his
face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen
thereof- 2 Kings 13:14
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Trusting God at all times rains down His blessings
upon us.
THE MESSAGE:
It is strange how people wait until they run into trouble before
scrambling to seek help from God. Usually, for much of their lives, such people
disregard God and His laws. They set their own principles and live by it. Then,
as all they depended upon begins to crumble, they dump their pride, run to God
and start weeping for help.
Jehoahaz, king of Israel had faced war with Syria because he
forsook God. In their anguish, Jehoahaz pleaded with God for mercy, and He sent
help. Yet, once their problem was solved, they turned away again from Him.
After Jehoahaz, his son Joash, continued in his footsteps. At this time,
Prophet Elisha was sick unto death. In panic, Joash hurried to the prophet,
weeping for help, believing he would bring their needs to God, something that
he hardly did. Weak, Elisha directed him to open the window and fire arrows
eastward. He did so. Elisha then commanded him to take the arrows and start
hitting the ground. Joash did so thrice and stopped. This infuriated Elisha. He
told him that had he hit the arrow on the ground five or six times, he would
have got permanent victory over Syria. But now, he would have only three
victories. True to Elisha’s word, Joash defeated Benhadad in battle thrice and
recovered all the cities the King of Syria’s father, Hazael, had seized from
Israel.
We must not wait until problems arise before seeking God. The
proof of our faith in God is that under all circumstances, at all times, we
must never waver in obedience to Him.
Our dependence on God must be total. Whatever He commands us
through His servants must be done in faith. Therein lies the blessings of God.
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