{"id":4791,"date":"2019-09-06T20:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T03:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=4791"},"modified":"2019-09-01T21:30:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T04:30:46","slug":"2chronicles_19_1-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/2chronicles_19_1-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Up After a Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Chronicles 19:1-34\u00a0\u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2 Chronicles 19:1-11.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

2 Chronicles 19:1-3 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned safely to his palace in Jerusalem,
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Jehu the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the\u00a0LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0is upon you.
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God.”
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\nOn verses 1-3:\u00a0\u00a0Whereas King Ahab dies while trying to attack Ramoth Gilead (see the chapter before), his co-attacker Jehoshaphat King of Judah returns safely to Jerusalem (v1).\u00a0\u00a0Upon returning, Jehoshaphat is confronted by Jehu the prophet, who rebukes Jehoshaphat for partnering with the idol-worshiping, prophet-murdering King Ahab in the first place, saying \u201cShould you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord?\u201d (v2)\u00a0\u00a0Jehoshaphat was fortunate that nothing worse happened to him when he went with Ahab to attack Ramoth Gilead.\u00a0\u00a0Jehu also reassures Jehoshaphat that despite his mistake of partnering with Ahab, God still believes in Jehoshaphat and is pleased with how he rid the land of idol worship and has his heart set on seeking God (v3).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0This is a sobering reminder that\u00a0no matter how long we walk with the Lord and how much good we try to do in His name, we are all still prone to making mistakes.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0So always maintain a humble, teachable attitude before God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Chronicles 19:4 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the\u00a0LORD, the God of their fathers.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 4-11:\u00a0\u00a0One of the things I love about Jehoshaphat is how well he bounced back after a fall.\u00a0\u00a0After he made the mistake of partnering with Ahab and after being rebuked for that mistake by Jehu the prophet, Jehoshaphat could have sulked, beat himself up, blamed others, or rebelled against God.\u00a0\u00a0Instead, what did Jehoshaphat do?\u00a0\u00a0Jehoshaphat \u201cwent out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0(v4)\u00a0\u00a0In other words, Jehoshaphat learns his lesson, receives God\u2019s mercy for his mistake and goes out again to lead the people back to God and help them receive His mercy too.\u00a0\u00a0Jehoshaphat also appoints judges to adjudicate disputes in the fortified cities of Judah (v5-7) as well as in Jerusalem (v8-11), telling them to \u201cserve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the Lord\u201d (v9).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0More important than any fall we experience is getting up after that fall.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0It reminds me of one of my proudest moments concerning my son Bradley.\u00a0\u00a0Once I was running beside Bradley as he was going down a hill on his bike.\u00a0\u00a0Suddenly he lost control and had a hard fall.\u00a0\u00a0But he didn\u2019t cry or yell.\u00a0\u00a0He just got back up, dusted himself off, and then tried again.\u00a0\u00a0Likewise, and like Jehoshaphat, all of us may fall from time to time.\u00a0\u00a0But it\u2019s getting up after a fall that matters the most.<\/p>\n

Remember that if you have trusted Jesus Christ as your Saviour, the same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in you as well.\u00a0\u00a0That means\u00a0you have God-given power to rise up again after any defeat, loss, heartbreak, disappointment, mistake or failure<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0So if you have suffered a bad fall, don\u2019t stay down.\u00a0\u00a0With Jesus\u2019 help, you can get up again by the grace of God and say, \u201cthe best is yet to come\u201d.<\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, no one wants to fall, but thank You that when I do, You help me to get up again.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You that the same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in me, so I have the power to get up after a hard fall.\u00a0\u00a0Help me to get up today.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You that with Your help I will be stronger after the fall than before.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2 Chronicles 19:1-11.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

2 Chronicles 19:1-3 (NIV)\u00a0
\n1\u00a0\u00a0When Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned safely to his palace in Jerusalem,
\n2\u00a0\u00a0Jehu the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the\u00a0LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0is upon you.
\n3\u00a0\u00a0There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God.”<\/p>\n

On verses 1-3:\u00a0\u00a0Whereas King Ahab dies while trying to attack Ramoth Gilead (see the chapter before), his co-attacker Jehoshaphat King of Judah returns safely to Jerusalem (v1).\u00a0\u00a0Upon returning, Jehoshaphat is confronted by Jehu the prophet, who rebukes Jehoshaphat for partnering with the idol-worshiping, prophet-murdering King Ahab in the first place, saying \u201cShould you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord?\u201d (v2)\u00a0\u00a0Jehoshaphat was fortunate that nothing worse happened to him when he went with Ahab to attack Ramoth Gilead.\u00a0\u00a0Jehu also reassures Jehoshaphat that despite his mistake of partnering with Ahab, God still believes in Jehoshaphat and is pleased with how he rid the land of idol worship and has his heart set on seeking God (v3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4791","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\/4791","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=4791"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4794,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791\/revisions\/4794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}