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Tuesday,
October 3, 2023
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"A
Lesson From An
Inciting Wife"
Message
summary:
It's a
blessing to
have those in
our life who
provide a
restraint
against evil
and a great
harm to have
those who
incite us
toward evil. How
we handle what
we can't have
is a great
test of our
character.
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to our message
on your audio
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"Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the Lord, because Jezebel his wife incited him" (1 Kings 21:25).
Brooksyne
has been away
since last
Thursday
morning and
she is sure
missed. After
47 years of
marriage we
get pretty
used to having
each other
around. She
has fulfilled
Proverbs
18:22 in
my life.
One
of the great
blessings of
life for any
man as
expressed in
Proverbs 31:12
by an
otherwise
unknown "King
Lemuel" is a
good wife. "She
does him good,
and not harm,
all the days
of her life".
Today
let us examine
Jezebel, a
wife who
certainly did
not match this
description!
Today's lesson
is found in 1
Kings 21.
King
Ahab wanted a
vineyard owned
by a man named
Naboth but he
couldn't have
it. "But
Naboth said to
Ahab, 'The
Lord forbid
that I should
give you the
inheritance of
my fathers'"
(v3).
Ahab
went home
sullen and
vexed and laid
down on his
bed, turned
away his face
and ate no
food. His wife
Jezebel saw
him, heard the
story, and
incited him
to evil.
They plotted
to have Naboth
killed so Ahab
could have the
vineyard. It's
a sad but very
instructive
story
concerning
fallen human
nature
demonstrated
in wicked King
Ahab and his
even wickeder
wife, Jezebel.
Because of their mistreatment of Naboth, Ahab and Jezebel were each promised an untimely and violent demise.
How we respond to that which we can't have is a great test of our character. Rather than look for a moral alternative as in looking for another vineyard he could legally acquire, Ahab was fixed on that which he could not have and his wife was more than willing to incite him toward evil. Human history is replete with similar stories of taking drastic and deadly means to get that which we cannot have.
The better alternative when facing a "can't have" situation is waiting for the Lord to work it out in His time. Often times the work is done within our own heart which reflects our changed attitude that seeks to honor God. When confronted with evil do we have people in our lives who provide restraint or incitement?
Because of their mistreatment of Naboth, Ahab and Jezebel were each promised an untimely and violent demise.
How we respond to that which we can't have is a great test of our character. Rather than look for a moral alternative as in looking for another vineyard he could legally acquire, Ahab was fixed on that which he could not have and his wife was more than willing to incite him toward evil. Human history is replete with similar stories of taking drastic and deadly means to get that which we cannot have.
The better alternative when facing a "can't have" situation is waiting for the Lord to work it out in His time. Often times the work is done within our own heart which reflects our changed attitude that seeks to honor God. When confronted with evil do we have people in our lives who provide restraint or incitement?
Be
encouraged
today,
(Hebrews
3:13)
Stephen
&
Brooksyne
Weber
Daily prayer:
Father,
we are a
blessed
people; no
longer slaves
to sin, we are
Your children.
In addition to
freedom from
slavery to sin
on this side
we are
promised
eternal bliss
on the other
side,
permanent
residency in
heaven where
we will have
no more need
for attitude
adjustments.
When we fix
our hearts on
all that we
have in this
life and the
next we no
longer dwell
upon that
which we don't
have. In fact
we'll think
about the
promises in
Scripture that
teach us the
very best is
yet to come
and it will
not be taken
away from us.
We're grateful
to You, our
benevolent
God, who gives
all good
things to us,
Your children.
Amen.In
musing on
today's
message I
recall another
wife in the
Bible who
sought to
restrain her
husband from
doing evil but
failed. Who
would that be?
Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources
"No
Longer
Slaves"
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