Instead of realizing God’s power to make him Israel’s king and being thankful for it, Jeroboam was so afraid he would lose the kingdom, that he tried to secure the kingdom for himself by creating his own system of worship contrary to God’s system. He should have trusted God more after seeing Him fulfill His word to him, but instead, he turned away from the Lord and tried to lead everyone else astray too. But the Levites were faithful to the Lord and they moved away from Jeroboam’s corrupt system of worship taking other faithful worshippers with them.

If we want to grow in our faith, we must be aware of God’s hand in our lives. And if we want to remain faithful, we must know God and follow Him closely.

LivethruJesus

Courtney Gilmore

Faith and Faithfulness

MAY 18, 202644 MIN
LivethruJesus

Faith and Faithfulness

MAY 18, 202644 MIN

Description

1 Kings 12:25-33; 2 Chronicles 11:13-17 Jeroboam fears losing the kingdom and makes his own worship system to keep the people from going back to the south and rejecting him as the king. Then, because this was against God, the Levites and other faithful believers rejected his system of worship and moved to the south to follow and worship the King of Heaven and earth instead. If we want to grow in our faith, we must be aware of God’s hand in our lives. And if we want to remain faithful, we must know God and follow Him closely. You can receive this teaching as a written lesson by email at LivethruJesus.Substack.com for $6/month or $60/year. With your subscription, you will also receive access to all previous lessons which include the Ten Commandments, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Saul, David, Solomon, and Ecclesiastes. Free - blog post with each lesson emailed when you become a free subscriber. Listen to or Watch blog/devotion on LivethruJesus Weekly Devotions YouTube and Podcast Channel.