FAITH CAPSULE: In all of His commands, there is no taking a stand in the middle ground.

2 Chronicles 17

God is still in the business of answering prayers. Ask God to give you a heart that delights in His ways. A heart that delights in the law of God is set for blessings and there will be no stumbling block in any of his walk of life. It is written Psalm 1:1-2, “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scornful; But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and His law he meditates day and night”. What does your heart delight in? A heart that delights not in His way will not take to His way, but goes in the opposite direction of His way. In all of His commands, there is no taking a stand in the middle ground. Taking a stand the middle is standing out of the commands of God and it is a way of curses, not blessing. The evidence and the result of taking delight in the law of God can be seen in the life of King Jehoshaphat when he ruled in Judah. It was evident that he walked in the ways of God. He sought God and he did not walk according to the acts of his people. (2 Chronicles 17:3-4). The results of his walk moved the hand of God as recorded in 2 Chronicles 17:5, “Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave presents to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance”. What other blessings can substitute for the blessings that come from God? God is God that will not overlook sin. Also, He is God that will not look away from every heart which delights in His commands. With all that had a place in the life of Jehoshaphat, it is recorded that “his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; moreover he removed the high places and wooden images from Judah” (2Chronicles 17:6). The only way to have our heart to be delighted in the law is in meditation of the word of God. The Psalmist pointed it out in his statement that, “…But his delight is in the law of the Lord and His law he meditate day and night.” Meditation is not only at a certain time of the day but it is an all day and everyday engagement before it can produce result. Have you taken your meditation serious? Take your meditation serious; delight yourself in the word of God and you shall be a light that cannot be hidden but shinning to the glory of God.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to be constant and consistent in meditating His Word.