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"And now, O LORD, God of Israel, carry out the additional promise you made to your servant David, my father. For you said to him, 'If your descendants guard their behavior and faithfully follow my Law as you have done, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.' 2 Chronicles 6:16 NLT
Eight times in today’s first Bible reading you will come across the word if. God says it in the verse quoted above. Then Solomon prays the other seven “ifs” as requests.
“If” populates the scriptures. Yes, even the most godly man faces positive and negative consequences for his actions.
Paul thought and prayed about the consequences of remaining faithful to the Lord. He told to those who pressed him to steer a different course: “you are breaking my heart! I am ready not only to be jailed at Jerusalem but even to die for the sake of the Lord Jesus” (Acts 21:13 NLT).
David thought about such things as well. He wrote concerning his enemies, “I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations even as I am praying for them!” (Psalm 109:4 NLT).
What if David had chosen to stop loving and praying for his enemies?
What if Paul had chosen to agree with those who wanted him to stop moving ahead?
What if Solomon had chosen to use the new temple to promote his own agenda?
Life is an accumulation of all the results of how you handle life’s ”ifs.”
Prayer: Lord, I promise to guard my behaviors today so that I can experience Your good in each “if.”
Eight times in today’s first Bible reading you will come across the word if. God says it in the verse quoted above. Then Solomon prays the other seven “ifs” as requests.
“If” populates the scriptures. Yes, even the most godly man faces positive and negative consequences for his actions.
Paul thought and prayed about the consequences of remaining faithful to the Lord. He told to those who pressed him to steer a different course: “you are breaking my heart! I am ready not only to be jailed at Jerusalem but even to die for the sake of the Lord Jesus” (Acts 21:13 NLT).
David thought about such things as well. He wrote concerning his enemies, “I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations even as I am praying for them!” (Psalm 109:4 NLT).
What if David had chosen to stop loving and praying for his enemies?
What if Paul had chosen to agree with those who wanted him to stop moving ahead?
What if Solomon had chosen to use the new temple to promote his own agenda?
Life is an accumulation of all the results of how you handle life’s ”ifs.”
Prayer: Lord, I promise to guard my behaviors today so that I can experience Your good in each “if.”
