Our reading challenge for the day is 2 Kings 6-10. I’ll hit a few highlights. You make comments too and fill in the gaps. What strikes you as specially significant?
2 Kings 6 - See how God and his prophet are given credit for all the good things that happen but are also blamed for every bad thing that happens. How do we respond when we are blamed for all sorts of evil? Do we confess that the world under the curse of sin has plenty of evil to around and that we probably contributed to some of it? Do we look to our Lord in hope to deliver us from evil?
2 Kings 7 - God is able to deliver his people from an army even without the people making any military move. He uses various circumstances to protect us. Do we trust that all our daily bread, everything we need, comes from him?
2 Kings 8-10 - We have picture after picture here of two things. First, good and evil live side by side, often in the same person. We are at the same time saint and sinner. Second, we see that in the desires of their hearts people use whatever means they have to take dominion. This may involve all sorts of self-contradictory actions, bringing evil in the name of good. May the Lord who has delivered his people from sin through Jesus Christ grant us repentance and faith, as he carries our sins and presents us to him as a pure and holy offering.
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