{"id":71234,"date":"2019-08-23T04:07:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T09:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=71234"},"modified":"2019-08-20T07:38:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T12:38:14","slug":"2-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/23\/2-u\/","title":{"rendered":"2.u. And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not with a whole heart."},"content":{"rendered":"
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2 Chronicles 25:1\u00a0 <\/span>Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not with a whole heart. And as soon as the royal power was firmly his, he killed his servants who had struck down the king his father. But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, \u201cFathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by fathers’ houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those twenty years old and upward, and found that they were 300,000 choice men, fit for war, able to handle spear and shield. He hired also 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for 100 talents of silver. But a man of God came to him and said, \u201cO king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel, with all these Ephraimites. But go, act, be strong for the battle. Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy? For God has power to help or to cast down.\u201d And Amaziah said to the man of God, \u201cBut what shall we do about the hundred talents that I have given to the army of Israel?\u201d The man of God answered, \u201cThe Lord is able to give you much more than this.\u201d Then Amaziah discharged the army that had come to him from Ephraim to go home again. And they became very angry with Judah and returned home in fierce anger. But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the Valley of Salt and struck down 10,000 men of Seir. The men of Judah captured another 10,000 alive and took them to the top of a rock and threw them down from the top of the rock, and they were all dashed to pieces.<\/p>\n

Psalms 33:16-20<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.\u00a0\u00a0The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.\u00a0\u00a0Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,\u00a0\u00a0that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.\u00a0\u00a0Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.<\/p>\n

Job 5:18<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal.<\/p>\n

Psalms 20:7<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 10:22<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.<\/p>\n

Philippians 4:19<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Amaziah did right in the eyes of the Lord but not with his whole heart.\u00a0 <\/span>I wonder how we would live now if we knew this is what the Holy Spirit would inspire people to write about us.\u00a0 <\/span>Would we commit to living differently or be content with knowing we were not giving to God or serving God with all our heart, mind, and soul?\u00a0 <\/span>Would we confess it once we became aware of our divided heart?\u00a0 <\/span>Would we turn away from how we think and act?\u00a0 <\/span>Would we make an intentional choice and commitment with our whole heart, mind, and soul?\u00a0 <\/span>Would we listen?\u00a0 <\/span>Would we act? Would people see a change?\u00a0 <\/span>Would His Word be all-important to us?\u00a0 <\/span>Would we hunger and thirst for it?\u00a0 <\/span>Would our days seem dark and without purpose without it?\u00a0 <\/span>Would our ears be tuned to hearing His leading?\u00a0 <\/span>Would our faith, trust, and reliance be different?\u00a0 <\/span>Would our peace, joy, and love be visible?<\/p>\n

We can pretend quite well, can\u2019t we?\u00a0 <\/span>We tell ourselves that we are good enough and we serve God enough and we give Him enough of our time and we do enough right things to be ok.\u00a0 <\/span>We allow self to rule our heart in such a way that we are never able to find the peace and joy that comes from an intentional choice to yield our whole heart, mind, and soul.<\/p>\n

It is very easy to live pretending you are giving it your all, just neglect His word and convince yourself that attending church is giving it your all.\u00a0 <\/span>We can all yield more, die to self more, listen, follow, and obey more but that would mean we give all our heart, mind, and soul to humbly serving, honoring, following, trusting, obeying, and relying on God every moment of every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2 Chronicles 25:1\u00a0 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not with a whole heart. And as soon as the royal power was firmly his, … Continue reading “2.u. And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not with a whole heart.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11251,11263,792,2782,3374,4403,11254,4931,2916,11260,2927,11252,11259,8799,1535,564,11255,11258,11266,6230,8081,3,42,6202,8233,1154,11264,9307,219,11265,11262,11257,2362,2771,533,6870,11256,511,11061,6,11261,11253],"class_list":["post-71234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-amaziah","tag-binds-up","tag-blessing","tag-captured","tag-cast-down","tag-chariots","tag-choice-men","tag-christ-jesus","tag-commanded","tag-dashed-to-pieces","tag-deliver-their-soul","tag-did-what-was-right-in-the-eyes-of-the-lord","tag-discharged-the-army","tag-false-hope","tag-famine","tag-fear-him","tag-fit-for-war","tag-give-you-much-more-than-this","tag-god-will-supply-every-need","tag-great-army","tag-great-strength","tag-heal","tag-hope","tag-jerusalem","tag-judah","tag-law","tag-makes-rich","tag-man-of-god","tag-moses","tag-no-sorrow","tag-our-help-and-shield","tag-power-to-help","tag-reign","tag-rescue","tag-salvation","tag-shatters","tag-spear-and-shield","tag-steadfast-love","tag-took-courage","tag-trust","tag-waits-fot-eh-lord","tag-yet-not-with-a-whole-heart"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71234"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71303,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71234\/revisions\/71303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}