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Discipleship Focus: Invitation
- Invitation: God is always inviting us into relationship with Him. He desires that we know Him and that we know His desire for us.
As we
read through this chapter, we see that God is incredibly gracious to the people
of Israel. He allows them to be
victorious against a superior force of the Syrians. He is gracious and allows Ahab to truly see
that He is God – far more God than Ba’al could ever be. Even though Ahab doesn’t deserve it, God is
still inviting him into His grace.
What does
Ahab do with this invitation? He
certainly doesn’t recognize God. He
certainly doesn’t judge the Syrians as God gave them into his hands to be
judged. Neither does he take the
opportunity to talk to the Syrians about how God is stronger than the god of
the Syrians. No, Ahab turns it into an
opportunity to make money. Ahab gets a
treaty out of it. Ahab turns God’s
invitation into his own personal gain.
What do
we do with God’s invitation to know Him more deeply? Do we turn His blessings upon us into avenues
for proclamation of God’s name? I know I
could certainly do much better responding to God’s invitation to
relationship. Far too often I take God’s
invitation and merrily go on my way. I
need to do a better job responding to God.
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