Seeking The Lord

2 Chronicles 12:14
And he did evil because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord

This verse has bee non my mind for a few days. I'm reading through the KJV right now, and 2 Chronicles is where I'm at. Chronicles is either a terribly boring history book, or an exciting adventure.

I understand people who don't like the Old Testament. I disagree, but I see their point; on the surface level, the New Testamant seems so much more relevant to today. Besides the 10 Commandments, most of our contemporary ideals on Christian living come from the New Testament.

But. (I'm a big fan of "buts").

The amazing, incredible, incomprehensible thing about God is that His Word doesn't change. It cannot be irrelevant because the Lord intended to last forever, and to be for all people everywhere.

So maybe it takes more though, prayer, time, and diligence, but there is a lot of learn from the OT (and not just Psalms and Proverbs!)

Like that verse from the top. The Amplified Bible says:
And he did evil because he did not set his heart to seek (inquire of, yearn for) the Lord with all his desire.
The he refers to Rehoboam, who ruled Jerusalem for 17 years. It doesn't say exactly what he did, just why - he did not seek our God Almighty.

Back in October, I posted the song "Generations", with the line, "the devil can't make me do anything when I'm calling on Jesus Christ". That's what we get from 2 Chronicles! When you are totally and completely wrapped up in who God is and what He does, it's impossible to sin. Because God is incapable of it, and if He really reigns over your body, so are you. It is so important to fight this battle with our flesh and die to self every single day. The closer we get to the Lord, the more we hate what He hates and love as He loves. When we say yes to God, we're saying no to our enemu. And by the grace of God alone, He will always give us another chance to say yes.



Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 1 Chronicles 16:15

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:23-24