2 Chronicles 23:9 (ESV) — 9 And Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains the
spears and the large and small shields that had been King David’s, which were
in the house of God.
NOTE: Queen Athaliah
is ruler over Judah. She thought she had killed all the king's son. But one
child, Joash, is rescued, and Jehoiada, the priest works to bring down the evil
that Athaliah has brought and make the rightful person ruler. There is a lot of
work and effort. The extra division of Levites are held back, doubling the
number for the month. He works with multiple commanders of the hundreds to get
their support. He enlists additional Levites from the towns in Judah. He arms
the Levites with spears and shields prior to the announcement and anointing of
Joash. Jehoiada does his due diligence. He trusts God, but he also acts
prudently. In verse 1, it says he took courage; so apparently this is an action
that God had placed on his heart. He was doing the right thing, acting within
the will of God, but also taking prudent action. That is always the secret --
act prudently, but trust God implicitly.
PRAYER: Lord, I need
to take similar actions of prudence. Sometimes leaving things to your hands is
just my lazy way of not acting as I should. Help me to see those things where I
need to act and I that I would do the right thing.
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