“And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.” - 2 Chronicles 11v16
After Solomon’s death the nation fell into disarray. Jeroboam went north and began getting rid of all vestiges of true worship. He set up altars to false gods and literally ran the Levites and priests off. The moved south to Jerusalem where, for a time at least, they found a supporter in Rehoboam.
Even in the midst of all this trouble there were some, from “all the tribes of Israel,” who were different. We read of these people that they “set their hearts to seek the Lord.”
Seeking the Lord was a minority view. It was not the popular thing to do, but there were some who still did it.
Seeking the Lord with ones whole heart is no more popular today than it was then. Sadly this extends to many Christians who never give themselves to whole-heartedly seeking the Lord.
There are, however, a few. May the Lord strengthen me to be one of those few.
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