1 Kings 12:11, “My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.' "
I’ve been thinking about Rehoboam all week. After he said these words, he lost 4/5 of his country, they rebelled against him. Rehoboam was the son of King Solomon and grandson of King David. No doubt, Rehoboam even knew David. Solomon was the wisest man in all the earth. David was “a man after God’s own heart”. How did Rehoboam turn out like this?
The answer lies three verses back in vs 8, “But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.”
He rejected the wisdom of his fathers. Good advice is of no use to the proud. I don’t think I can count the number of times I have heard good advice, or even Godly direction and due to the pride of my life, and rejected it. I did my own thing, to my detriment.
One of satan’s (not capitalized on purpose) greatest weapons is to get me to believe God’s laws are only there to make me unhappy.
I think of it like this: Suppose I buy a car and the guy at the dealership tells me, “Change the oil every 3000 miles.” Well after 3000 miles, I don’t feel like changing the oil – it’s expensive, I don’t have the time and off I go. I keep driving. I get out to 5000 miles, 6000 miles, nothing bad has happened? I get to 10,000 miles. Other people tell me, “you really need to change your oil.” What? Why do I need to take YOUR advice? Nothing bad has happened at all, “all you want to do is make me unhappy!”
I might even get to 20,000 miles. One day, however, I will have to pay the piper. One day, my engine will seize up. The cost of the repair will be well more than the five oil changes I missed. It will be half the price of the car. It will be too expensive to pay.
Lord, help me to trust your Laws are for my benefit. Help me to be humble enough to take your advice.
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