Today's encouragement comes from 2 Chronicles 28:22a, where we read these words:
"Now in the time of his distress King Ahaz became increasingly unfaithful to the LORD."Most-likely, most of us know people like this. They encounter hardships in their lives, and their response is to become angry at God—to the extent that they forsake Him utterly (by abandoning Christ and His church). Instead of going *to* the only One who can actually *help* them in their distress—they flee from Him (God), and hate Him.
In the case of the wicked King Ahaz of Judah (above), his problems were of his own making. He was a gross idolater. His worship of fake gods brought on him (and his nation) great judgment. Then, when given an excellent opportun-ity to repent, and embrace the True God—he "became increasingly unfaithful" to Him. May we learn from Ahaz' bad example; and may we always go to Jesus and His church when we are in trouble; because, in our flesh, we are just like Ahaz.
[Puritan quote of the day: "It is a harder thing to believe than to keep the Ten Commandments.” —William Bridge, in, "A Lifting Up For the Downcast"]
