Our reading challenge for the day is 2 Chronicles 6-10. I’ll hit a few highlights. You make comments too and fill in the gaps. What strikes you as specially significant?
2 Chronicles 6 - In the dedicatory prayers for the temple, see how Solomon prays that God’s mercy would be upon his people and upon all who call on God. We would normally like to dedicate things for our service or for just our people. Solomon’s desire, and God’s desire, is that the mercy and grace of the Lord should be shown to all people everywhere.
2 Chronicles 7 - Even as God accepts the offerings Solomon makes at the consecration of the temple he continues to warn Solomon not to turn aside from the true faith. We likewise are to be on guard, not depending on our obedience, but depending on the Lord in whose grace we stand.
2 Chronicles 8 - Solomon has interesting situations, first with his wife the daughter of Pharaoh, then later with other wives. In chapter 8 he makes it clear that she, not being a partaker of the covenant of God, is not to be in the holy places. Later we will see that he is led astray by his wives and allows his identity to become confused. May we always be careful in our human relationships, looking to God and His will above all those allegiances we might have with other people.
2 Chronicles 9 - The author of Chronicles sees the riches of Solomon as a sign of God’s blessing upon him and on the kingdom of Israel. Yet not all was well. The kingdom was set up for strife and dissension.
2 Chronicles 10 - Between Jeroboam the son of Nebat and Rehoboam the son of Solomon both the southern and northern kingdoms are full of turmoil. How our leaders live out their lives before God makes a difference in the way our lives will be as well. May the Lord draw our leaders to himself.
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