"This is my doing" - GOD

I was reading this morning from 2 Chronicles 10 and 11. There was an interesting phrase from the Lord that stood out in my mind and heart for many reasons that experience has born out. In chapter 11 and verse 2 we read, "this word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God: 'Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon kind of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin, "this is what the Lord says: Do not go up to fight against your brothers. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing."'"

I know it looks like a lot of quotation marks, but notice the phrase, "this is my doing." The context of these two chapters is the death of Solomon, the beginning reign of Rehoboam, son of Solomon, and the defect of Israel from the rule of Rehoboam under the leadership of Jeroboam. Rehoboam was gathering all the fighting men of Judah and Benjamin to force a stop to this mass exodus. But God sent word that this exodus was of His doing and that they were not to fight against their brothers. They were to go home and go about their business. So they did just that.

Been there, done that, have the T-shirt. Well, minus the T-shirt. But I have been there. I have a feeling many of you have at some time or another in your life. There was something you wanted terribly to happen or remain, but it seemed to fall apart. The more you tried to make it work out, the more messy it became. Then the Lord spoke to your heart that what took place was of His doing. It was hard information to accept graciously. Oh, it was easy to accept if we wanted to use that information as justification for the situation falling apart. But the reality is that such news ought to break our hearts. We wish such a drastic step from the Lord's intervention would never have had to happen.

In the biblical account of Judah and Israel, neither kept their singular focus on God and both eventually felt the hand of discipline from the Lord.

But, we do not have to go there. We have the opportunity in our particular situations to honor God and stick very close to Him. As far as it depends upon us, we need to live peaceably with all men. We need to honor God and run hard after Him in His vision and Kingdom plan for us. It is a difficult task to accept a division as the hand of God graciously. But you can do it with the grace of God strong in your life. Honor Him today with your life in your situation.