Undevoted Heart
1 Kings 15:3
He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.
He was Abijah, king of Judah. His father was Rehoboam, son of Solomon; his mother was Absalom's daughter, Maacah. Thus his parents were cousins, though the two sons of David had different mothers.
Shorthand for his life is 'all the sins' of his father. Some of those were encouraging worship of pagan gods, sexual immorality, and 'all' the horrible things the Canaanites had done. A pretty grim list, especially when you picture it in action, in the life of the nation.
Once again, it is the heart. His heart had no mooring in God's harbor; it drifted into the sensational seas of the world's ways.
For David's sake God allowed Judah to continue and preserved Jerusalem as well. It may be that our country is allowed to continue based on the faithfulness of God to the devoted hearts of our grandparents. May my heart be so devoted that God will show mercy to my grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.
He was Abijah, king of Judah. His father was Rehoboam, son of Solomon; his mother was Absalom's daughter, Maacah. Thus his parents were cousins, though the two sons of David had different mothers.
Shorthand for his life is 'all the sins' of his father. Some of those were encouraging worship of pagan gods, sexual immorality, and 'all' the horrible things the Canaanites had done. A pretty grim list, especially when you picture it in action, in the life of the nation.
Once again, it is the heart. His heart had no mooring in God's harbor; it drifted into the sensational seas of the world's ways.
For David's sake God allowed Judah to continue and preserved Jerusalem as well. It may be that our country is allowed to continue based on the faithfulness of God to the devoted hearts of our grandparents. May my heart be so devoted that God will show mercy to my grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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