SOAP 2 Chronicles 25: My Whole Heart

My Whole Heart

2 Chronicles 25

Amaziah said to the man of God, ‘But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the troops of Israel?’ And the man of God answered, ‘The Lord has much more to give you than this.’ Then Amaziah dismissed them, the troops which came to him from Ephraim, to go home; sotheir anger burned against Judah and they returned home in fierce anger.

2 Chronicles 25:9-10

It is odd that this verse came up for me. I have been doing a lot of spiritual searching lately and when I read this verse right away it came up that Amaziah “lived well before God, doing the right thing for the most part. But he wasn’t wholeheartedly devoted to God”.

He did right in the sight of the Lord, yet not with a whole heart.

2 Chronicles 25:2

I listened to a podcast recently from Priscilla Shirer about surrendering yourself to the Lord (link is below). In that she made a statement that has stuck with me for weeks. “Are you a believer of the faith or are you a follower of Jesus?”

Of course, I want to say I am a follower of Jesus and in many ways I am. But do I surrender to that all the time? Is that where my heart goes in times of trouble? I know that I have made plenty of errors and bad decisions and that God forgives all that. Do those errors happen more often because I am not following in obedience? God needs us to have consequences so we learn to depend on him alone.

If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Matthew 16:24

I have been praying recently that God reveal my idols that are keeping me from him. From truly surrendering to him. I want to give God my whole heart. I know it will never be perfect and that is not something God wants, he wants me to grow and give him my whole heart.

Remember how much we have been blessed with in fruitful times and continue to praise God. Also remember that we have been blessed with struggles (growth) and continue to praise God.

Father, thank you for your grace and mercy. And thank you for your discipline. Help me be shaped by your correction. When I experience those consequences brought on by sin help me to face that with hope, knowing the good fruit it will bring. Let me rest in the assurance of your love in all my days. In Jesus’s name I pray. Amen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NX5ljpYLrs