![]() ![]() Half-hearted obedience cannot attract the Lord’s favour which is priceless, enriching and fulfilling. True believers need to regularly examine themselves in the bid to get rid of every resistance to fully obey God. ![]() Outwardly, he always acted right but inwardly, he often resented what he had to do. Unfortunately, the summary of his life is that “…he did that which was right… but not with a perfect heart” (verse 2). But because a prophet warned him that the deal would be counter-productive, he disengaged them without recovering the monetary resources committed to the pact. He also went as far as engaging another 100,000 mercenaries from Israel. In verse 5, he raised a national army of 300,000 soldiers. ![]() But he spared the descendants of the assassin in obedience to a scriptural injunction that children must not be punished for the sins of their parents (Deuteronomy 24:16). One of the earliest recorded acts of Amaziah was the avenging of his father’s murder. “The man who attempts to keep the commandments of God from a sense of obligation merely because he is required to do so will never enter into the joy of obedience.” – Ellen G. KEY VERSE: “And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart” (2 Chronicles 25:2). Topic: Absolute Obedience – from Daily Manna Devotional by Pastor W.
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