{"id":4674,"date":"2019-08-30T20:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T03:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=4674"},"modified":"2019-08-30T22:05:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T05:05:30","slug":"2chronicles_13_1-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/2chronicles_13_1-22\/","title":{"rendered":"The God Who Sees All of Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Chronicles 13:1-22\u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Have you signed up for the God And Me Experience Fast that\u2019s starting\u00a0tomorrow?\u00a0\u00a0Sign up today by clicking\u00a0here<\/u><\/strong><\/a>!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2 Chronicles 13:1-22.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

2 Chronicles\u00a013:18\u00a0(NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The men of Israel were subdued on that occasion, and the men of Judah were victorious because they relied on the\u00a0LORD, the God of their fathers.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 1-22:\u00a0\u00a0King Abijah takes over from his father Rehoboam as king of Judah and goes to war against King Jeroboam of Israel.\u00a0\u00a0Despite being grossly outnumbered (compare Abijah\u2019s 400,000 soldiers to Jeroboam\u2019s 800,000 troops) and despite Jeroboam\u2019s attempt to ambush Abijah\u2019s army, Abijah\u2019s army gains a decisive victory over Jeroboam\u2019s army.\u00a0\u00a0The reason the Chronicler gives for Abijah\u2019s victory is because he and his troops \u201crelied on the Lord, the God of their fathers\u201d (v18).<\/p>\n

Here the Chronicler focuses on how Abijah relied on the Lord.\u00a0\u00a0He even includes a speech from Abijah about how faithful he and his people of Judah are compared to Jeroboam and Israel.\u00a0\u00a0In contrast, when 1 Kings 15 gives its account of Abijah\u2019s reign as king of Judah, its treatment of Abijah is negative. The writer of 1 Kings says that Abijah \u201ccommitted all the sins his father had done before him\u201d, that \u201chis heart was not fully devoted to the\u00a0LORD\u00a0his God\u201d, and that it was for the sake of his father David that God allowed Abijah to have any strength at all (1 Kings 15:4).<\/p>\n

So which one is it?\u00a0\u00a0Did Abijah rely on the Lord, or was he unfaithful to God?\u00a0\u00a0The answer: probably both.\u00a0\u00a0Like Abijah, we can all probably point to instances where we trusted God and saw him bring about a great victory. But we can all also point to instances where we did not trust God and were not fully devoted to Him.\u00a0\u00a0That\u2019s why we need a Saviour, Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus is the only one who was completely faithful to God.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0God sees and honours those times when we rely on Him, allowing us to experience great victories when we do.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0But God also sees all the times when we are unfaithful to Him.\u00a0\u00a0Praise God that He makes forgiveness available to us for all the ways we have not been fully committed to Him \u2013 all through the blood of Jesus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, You are the God who sees all of me. You see those times when I trust in You and rely on You and the victories that result. You also see all the many ways that I fail You and fall short of Your glory. Thank You for loving so much that You sent Your Son Jesus, whose shed blood covers all my sins and failing, and whose life shows me on how to rely on You and experience victory.\u00a0 Thank You for how You cover my sins and celebrate my victories. In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Have you signed up for the God And Me Experience Fast that\u2019s starting\u00a0tomorrow?\u00a0\u00a0Sign up today by clicking\u00a0here!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2 Chronicles 13:1-22.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

2 Chronicles\u00a013:18\u00a0(NIV)\u00a0
\n18\u00a0\u00a0The men of Israel were subdued on that occasion, and the men of Judah were victorious because they relied on the\u00a0LORD, the God of their fathers.<\/p>\n

On verses 1-22:\u00a0\u00a0King Abijah takes over from his father Rehoboam as king of Judah and goes to war against King Jeroboam of Israel.\u00a0\u00a0Despite being grossly outnumbered (compare Abijah\u2019s 400,000 soldiers to Jeroboam\u2019s 800,000 troops) and despite Jeroboam\u2019s attempt to ambush Abijah\u2019s army, Abijah\u2019s army gains a decisive victory over Jeroboam\u2019s army.\u00a0\u00a0The reason the Chronicler gives for Abijah\u2019s victory is because he and his troops \u201crelied on the Lord, the God of their fathers\u201d (v18).<\/p>\n

Here the Chronicler focuses on how Abijah relied on the Lord.\u00a0\u00a0He even includes a speech from Abijah about how faithful he and his people of Judah are compared to Jeroboam and Israel.\u00a0\u00a0In contrast, when 1 Kings 15 gives its account of Abijah\u2019s reign as king of Judah, its treatment of Abijah is negative. The writer of 1 Kings says that Abijah \u201ccommitted all the sins his father had done before him\u201d, that \u201chis heart was not fully devoted to the\u00a0LORD\u00a0his God\u201d, and that it was for the sake of his father David that God allowed Abijah to have any strength at all (1 Kings 15:4).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4674"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4753,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674\/revisions\/4753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}