Today, I am reading and commenting on  2 Chronicles 26-28.

So the first thing I thought about when I read this was that in this passage we have the third and fourth king of Judah in a row who were faithful to God for most of their reigns.  Joash served God enthusiastically, until his stepfather, the priest, died, when he turned to idolatry.  His son Amaziah served God enthusiastically, until he became jaded in his later years.  Today’s passage tells us that Uzziah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and served the Lord until he became powerful.  When he became powerful, he also became powerful and usurped the role of the priests, for which God punished him.  Uzziah’s son Jotham followed in his father’s footsteps, except that he continued to walk steadfastly before God his entire life and became powerful.  Unfortunately Jotham’s son Ahaz did not follow in the footsteps of his father.  Instead, he followed the example of the kings of Israel and made idols to worship the Baals.  As a result, God allowed him to be defeated by the Arameans, and by the king of Israel.  Instead of turning to God for deliverance, Ahaz chose to adopt the worship of the gods of Damascus.  Reading this I was struck that many people are like Ahaz, they fail to faithfully follow God, they may even indulge in behaviors they know God has commanded against, then when they suffer the consequences, they blame God for not saving them.  Ahaz failed to see how his idolatry and failure to obey God led to his hard times.  Many people today make the same mistake and blame God because He allowed them to suffer the consequences of their actions.  When bad times come upon them, rather than seek God, they turn even further from Him.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.