2nd Chronicles 23:16. “And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.” DO WHAT IS RIGHT. It is possible for us at times to not do what God demands For a nation, a city or in an assembly He has given us His plans That includes decisive action against sin and those it does corrupt Lest the on-going practice of allowing evil, swallow the people up Until they get used to it and think that God doesn’t know or care what is wrong And the righteousness that exalts a nation gets weak, and evil becomes so strong That God is left out and men start to think that God is just like one of them Godly order is abandoned, sin is exalted, and there is no fear of God among men.
Even when departure is so obvious that we wonder if God has abandoned us – There always have been a few people of faith who still believe “In God we trust.” Often, we wait until we have no other choice but to stand up and be counted aloud – Thinking we are alone and then we are surprised that others are in the crowd Who want what is right, but were afraid to speak out thinking they were alone – Until one does what is right before God, and others who want something done Step out from the crowd: one here, another there – until those who stand together Are quite a number who are determined to do right, and the evil crowd begins to scatter.
Resisting the devil has a promise with it, God says when we do it, he will flee. It is encouraging when the days are dark, that the glimpses of light we see – One stands up here and another there, each with a desire to return To the ways of the Lord and will step away from those who His word still spurn. Acting in faith may at first bring fear but when we do what God says is right – He gives the strength to be the salt, and in the darkness – the light, And supports them with His indwelling Presence, helping them to know what to do, So, recovery to the covenant He made with us is accomplished before we are through.
“To see that young king with Thy Word in his hand, must have given Thee pleasure, O Righteous God. He had nothing but trust in those who had learned before to trust Thee. Now it is like a glimmer of hope that when we do what is right, Thou art able to do what is needed through Thy people. We seemed like a few old and weak people last night Father God, but we did have the Word of the Covenant in our hands. And we did state our position of trust in Thee. Are there those in the multitude around that You can make do what is right? Hear us, O God, as we pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”