What do you do with your fears? Try to suppress them? Worry about them over and over? Talk to a friend or family member about them? Or take them to God?
Israel’s King
Jeroboam did everything but take his fears to God!
I Kings 12:26-30 26 Jeroboam
thought to himself, “The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David. 27 If
these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, they will
again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will
kill me and return to King Rehoboam.”
28 After seeking advice,
the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, “It is too much
for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up
out of Egypt.” 29 One he set up in Bethel, and
the other in Dan. 30 And this thing became a
sin; the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan
to worship the other.
Jeroboam’s fear led to sin after sin for himself and the people he
led! God had promised to be with him and establish his kingdom if he followed
Him.
I Kings 11:38 38 If you do
whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right in
my eyes by obeying my decrees and commands, as David my servant did, I
will be with you. I will build you a dynasty as enduring as the one I
built for David and will give Israel to you.
Jeroboam didn’t need to fear. If he sought God, God would address
his fears and provide solutions.
How will you and I seek our Faithful God for our fears this week?
