"Nevertheless they [the people of Judah] will be his [Shishak's] servants, that they may distinguish My service from the service of the kingdoms of the nations."
Sometimes God, in His mercy, allows His people to feel the sting of sin, by allowing them to "serve" it--and hence taste the bitterness of it. Serving Christ is much better than serving anything or anyone else. Since we have no choice, but to serve someone--let us be wise, and heartily offer our entire beings to the Redeemer.
There is honor in service--so long as we have the right Master. The devil has his servants; let *us* give our God His full due.
[Puritan quote of the day: "God makes the saints' maladies their medicines." --Thomas Watson, in "All Things for Good"]
