Passage
2 Chronicles 22:1-12 (ESV)
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
Acts 8:26-40
Key Verse: 8:35
God Preserved David's Line
Date: Sep. 1, 2014
Daily Bread
Key Verse: 22:11b
First, Ahaziah was caught in God's judgment (1-9). Jehoram's only surviving son, Ahaziah, became king. His mother, Athaliah, was a daughter of Ahab and worshipped Baal. She encouraged him to act wickedly. When Ahaziah went to visit Joram, King of Israel, God brought about his downfall through Jehu, who was carrying out God's judgment on Ahab's family.
Second, courageous Jehosheba (10-11).
Athaliah saw a power vacuum. She began to butcher her own family members, even her own grandchildren, in order to reign. The line of David was perilously close to being snuffed out. But God is faithful. Ahaziah's sister Jehosheba, the wife of priest Jehoiada, hid her youngest nephew Joash in the temple. Her courage spared Joash's life, and God's faithfulness to David was upheld.
Prayer: Father, you are a just God, and you are faithful to your promises. Help me trust you who never fails.
One Word: God saved a remnant
