1 Kings 14:1-15:8
It
makes depressing reading - a lot of bad news from the north (16), a lot
of bad news from the south (22). Many people wondered, ‘Will there be
peace in my lifetime?’. Sadly, the hostilities continued for a very long
time (15:6). Were there no glimmers of hope? Was there no light at the
end of the tunnel? Had God given up on the situation? There is a Word of
hope: ‘The Lord will raise up for Himself a king…’(14). There is good
news. God is raising up ‘an army of ordinary people, a kingdom where
love is the key’. What part can God’s ‘ordinary people’ play in His
extraordinary purpose? - A very important part: ‘The Church is here for
healing of the nations’(Songs of Fellowship, 20,216). Can there be
healing? Yes! - if there is love. Don’t give up hope: ‘May the God of
hope…’(Romans 15:13)!
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