God’s Ways are Higher Than Ours

 Scripture:

“So the king paid no attention to the people. This turn of events was the will of God, for it fulfilled the Lord’s message to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.” ‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭10‬:‭15‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Observation:

Rehoboam was king after Solomon. Solomon was an incredible king, but he allowed his many wives to influence him toward the worship of other gods. When Rehoboam became king, the people wanted him to ease some of the workload from them that Solomon had implemented. He sought the advice of the elders and from his peers. He went with the advice of his peers and increased the labor and made it more difficult on them. Then this verse says, “This turn of events was the will of God, for it fulfilled the Lord’s message to Jeroboam.” God used a stupid king, who caused pain for God’s people, to fulfill a prophecy.

Application:

There are certain things that don’t make sense to us. God’s ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts. His thoughts and ways are higher than ours. We would never think God would allow the cruel treatment of people in order to get His will accomplished, but He has. God raises up and He puts down. Sometimes nations are judged for their sins by God putting a leader over them that will cause problems. We don’t understand these things, but we know God is operating and putting people where they need to be in order to fulfill His plan. We live in the last days and certain things are prophesied that need to happen for prophecy to be fulfilled. We can pray against them with everything we have, but they will happen. We must ascertain what God is doing and seek Him above all else. It is not our place to question what He does, but to hear His voice and follow Him completely.

Prayer:

Father, I ask You to open the heavens and speak to me. Show me what is to come. Help me to understand Your ways and to know Your thoughts. Help me to finish everything You give me to do. I want to serve You well in my generation. I want You to be able to trust me to do Your will at all times.

Yours,

Jeff