Jun 17: 1 Kings 21:1-16
Key Verse: 1 Kings 21:7
Jezebel his wife said, “Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up and eat! Cheer up. I’ll get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
Devotion:
This is one of those stories in the bible which I don’t like to read because it talks about a woman who had no qualms of taking someone else’s life just for the property they owned. This is a person who calculated the act and carried it out without thinking about the family and people involved. It does not matter she was not the one to take the life herself, but because she calculated it out and got other innocent people to take the life of another unjustly, makes me shiver at the thought.
Fortunately I have not had to meet too many people like this in my life, but I have met some who had no thoughts about the safety of others, about the families or about how their actions affected so many people through what they were doing. The most upsetting part is how some people just do not see the bigger picture in life, but focus on their own greed instead.
The people around them get caught up in the actions and are affected without realising it themselves. They may never find out the unjust things which are happening behind the scenes as they are hoodwinked into believing they are in the right. We need to be aware of people like this in our lives and steer clear of them by allowing God to guide us instead of people...
Points to Ponder:
Do you get caught up in things which make you think?
Have you compared those things with what God wants in your life?