Devotion 325
“The LORD God Requires A Whole Consecration”
Reference: II Kings Chapter 12
The LORD wants our whole heart (spirit), mind (soul), and body.
Matthew 22:37 “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”
Jehoash falls short of going all the way with God.
Let’s read:
2 Kings 12:1-5 “In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer–sheba. [2] And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. [3] But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. [4] And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD, [5] Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.”
Jehoash had a heart for the things of God, and sought to repair the physical breaches of the house of God. But the High Places (the spiritual breaches of the house of God) yet remained.
We continue our reading:
2 Kings 12:6-7 “But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. [7] Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.”
They were not moved for over twenty three years to repair the physical breaches of the house of God because the spiritual breaches remained.
For us to do anything for God, we must not have any spiritual breach with Him. We must live a life of total consecration. . Clean heart and clean conscience, and that comes by our constant faith in Christ and His blood shed at Calvary on our behalf.
Christ is our total consecration and identifying with Him in oneness keeps us totally consecrated.
We continue our reading:
2 Kings 12:8-18 “And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. [9] But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. [10] And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD. [11] And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD, [12] And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. [13] Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: [14] But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD. [15] Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. [16] The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'. [17] Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. [18] And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.”
In fear of being overtaken by Syria, Jehoash bribed Hazael, king of Syria, with the hallowed things of God.
He looked to buy-out his problems instead of looking to God, for there remained a spiritual breach; a lack of consecration.
2 Chronicles 24:22-25 “Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it. [23] And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. [24] For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. [25] And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.”
His heart was not fully surrounded to God. Like Samson who gave God his strength but not his heart to God, Joash gave his money and wisdom to God but not his heart.
We conclude our reading:
2 Kings 12:19-21 “And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? [20] And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. [21] For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.”
The Lord will not receive a part of us. He wants all of our heart, mind, and body.
Let the Word of God repair every spiritual breach between you and the LORD. BELIEVE and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. He wants all of me. He wants all of you. Let’s wholly consecrate ourselves, in Christ!
Reference: II Kings Chapter 12
The LORD wants our whole heart (spirit), mind (soul), and body.
Matthew 22:37 “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”
Jehoash falls short of going all the way with God.
Let’s read:
2 Kings 12:1-5 “In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer–sheba. [2] And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. [3] But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. [4] And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD, [5] Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.”
Jehoash had a heart for the things of God, and sought to repair the physical breaches of the house of God. But the High Places (the spiritual breaches of the house of God) yet remained.
We continue our reading:
2 Kings 12:6-7 “But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. [7] Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.”
They were not moved for over twenty three years to repair the physical breaches of the house of God because the spiritual breaches remained.
For us to do anything for God, we must not have any spiritual breach with Him. We must live a life of total consecration. . Clean heart and clean conscience, and that comes by our constant faith in Christ and His blood shed at Calvary on our behalf.
Christ is our total consecration and identifying with Him in oneness keeps us totally consecrated.
We continue our reading:
2 Kings 12:8-18 “And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. [9] But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. [10] And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD. [11] And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD, [12] And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. [13] Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: [14] But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD. [15] Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. [16] The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'. [17] Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. [18] And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.”
In fear of being overtaken by Syria, Jehoash bribed Hazael, king of Syria, with the hallowed things of God.
He looked to buy-out his problems instead of looking to God, for there remained a spiritual breach; a lack of consecration.
2 Chronicles 24:22-25 “Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it. [23] And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. [24] For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. [25] And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.”
His heart was not fully surrounded to God. Like Samson who gave God his strength but not his heart to God, Joash gave his money and wisdom to God but not his heart.
We conclude our reading:
2 Kings 12:19-21 “And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? [20] And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. [21] For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.”
The Lord will not receive a part of us. He wants all of our heart, mind, and body.
Let the Word of God repair every spiritual breach between you and the LORD. BELIEVE and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. He wants all of me. He wants all of you. Let’s wholly consecrate ourselves, in Christ!
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