SOW RIGHT AND REAP RIGHT
2 Chronicles 24

It is written in 2Chronicles 24:1-3, “Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 Joash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.” Obviously the young king Joash had all the support for his right doing in the sight of the Lord through Jehoiada. Jehoiada was upholding him in every department of his functioning. Right after the death of Jehoiada the story changed and things were no longer the way they were supposed to be. The Bible recorded, “Now after the death of Jehoiada the leaders of Judah came and bowed down to the king. And the king listened to them. 18 Therefore they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served wooden images and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their trespass.” (2 Chronicles 24:17-18) Jehoiada’s pass onto death was Joash’s pass into failure before the Lord God. Joash rejected God’s warning when he killed Zechariah. Zechariah was the son of Jehoiada that built up and establish Joash’s reign as King. In this world, it is possible for wickedness to persist but it will not prevail. Wickedness can last but it will never outlast righteousness. Indeed, there is none that will sow orange seed and reap from a mango tree. Joash forgot all that Jehoiada did for him and could not restrain himself from killing Zechariah the son of Jehoiada, when God sent a warning to him through Zechariah. 2 Chronicles 24:22, “Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son; and as he died, he said, “The LORD look on it, and repay!” As mentioned above, whatever a man sows he will reap it in due time. Joash sowed a wrong seed by killing one that had served him successfully and he reaped from the same plot when, “…His own servants “And when they had withdrawn from him (for they left him severely wounded), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.” (2 Chronicles 24:25) In this world, there is no minor or major act of wickedness, wickedness is wickedness and the fruit of it is bitter and it could lead to eternal termination. How are you living life? Consider the command of God, pray for your heart to retain it that you may do what is right and live.

Prayer for today: Ask our Lord God for His enablement to live life according to His commands.