April 25, 2021: Day 50 – II Chronicles 17

If King Asa followed the Lord then King Jehoshaphat really followed the Lord!  Asa followed the Lord until the very end, but we read last chapter that he did not remove all the high places.  Well, his son takes care of that.  We read in vs.6 that “his heart was courageous in the ways of the Lord; and furthermore he removed the high places and the sacred poles from Judah.”  Now that is devotion.  He might not have kicked his mom off the throne like Asa, but he was still incredibly righteous.

In fact, we read that all of the surrounding countries were also afraid of him because he honored the Lord in a way that was awesome.  If you look at vs.10 you see that they did not make war with Jehoshaphat because it would be obvious that they would be fighting not only the king but the Lord God as well.  Let’s see how long he can make that last.