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Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
Devotional: October 22nd

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2 Chronicles 24:1-3; 2 Chronicles 24:15-27

For as long as Jehoida was there to guide him, everything led one to believe that Joash was one of the best kings. Sadly, the death of the high priest marks a fatal turning point in his life. How can it be explained? Instead of relying directly on God – the attribute of faith – Joash had relied on his adopted father, and when Jehoiada was no longer with Joash, at that moment his faithfulness collapsed. He never had any personal faith.

Do not be mistaken, young readers who have Christian parents; education, good manners, the most favourable circumstances, all these things are not faith. Moreover the faith of your parents is not your faith. When they are gone, will the Lord still be with you?

The leaders of the people come and flatter Joash. "Then the king hearkened unto them . . ." (v. 17). What does he do under their influence? Acts which make one shudder: he orders the murder of the son of his benefactor. The Lord reminds the hypocritical Pharisees of the death of Zechariah (whose name means the one whom the LORD remembers) just as they are about to commit an even more hideous crime (cf. Matthew 23:34-35; see also Matthew 21:35 . . .).

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