And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD. – 2 Chronicles 12v14
Despite the turning away and humility expresses above Rehoboam didn’t really get his act together. He still ends up being a wicked king. He did evil.
God allows us to find out the reason for his doing evil – he did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord. In other words he left God out of his life. Once he left God out of his he was left to his own devices and the result was that he did evil.
I think there is a lesson here for us. Heart preparation is a key element to following the Lord. It is too easy to only conform on the outside and never do anything about our hearts. When we choose to do that we assure ourselves of never being able to follow Him and we put ourselves in a position to do evil.
We live in a wicked world. Evil is all about us. If we do not take care to prepare our hearts we will succumb to the draws of this world. If we are not ready, we will suffer defeat.
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God just drew my heart to this passage yesterday in my daily Bible reading. I know that nothing happens by accident; God has a purpose in everything. Am I preparing my heart to be thankful to God this Thanksgiving; and every day afterward? Putting on the full armor of God should not just be a statement, it should be a way of life; this includes preparing my heart.
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