Pleasing To Me

Today I read 2 Kings 16 in my devotions. I have been really challenged that living for God is not just a one time choice but is a daily, moment by moment choice to live for God. I have really seen this as I have read through the lives of the kings of Israel and Judah. Today is Ahaz, you know that things are not good when they start talking about how he did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord. Ahaz was the king of Judah and I read that he followed the kings of Israel and not God. He sacrificed to gods that pleased him rather than sacrificing to God who wanted him to please Him. Ahaz was being attacked by the king of Israel and the king of Syria. They were not successful in the conquest of Judah. But they did overtake a town called Elath. So Ahaz sends a messege to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria for help in getting rid of these other two kings. Ahaz sees a alter that is pleasing to himself and sends the blueprints of it to the priest of Judah to build one for him. He not only relied on the king of Assyria and not God, but he wanted to continue to worship things that we not God. Ahaz was preoccupied with what pleased him rather than what pleased God. I need to be focused on pleasing God not myself. Who are you pleasing right now? God or self? I choose to please God!

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