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Honey From The Rock
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A Covenant With The King

This entry was posted on 09-28-2006 and is filed under Devotional.

"Then all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God"
(2 Chronicles 23:3 NKJV).

Jehoida the priest was trying to protect the young king Joash from falling victim to his evil grandmother, Athaliah. John MacArthur says, "This is one of the most dramatic moments in Messianic history. The human offspring of David had been reduced to one – Joash. If he had died, there would have been no human heir to the Davidic throne, and it would have mean the destruction of the line of the Messiah."

See how important covenant with the king is? The people protected the young king, Athaliah was slain, the altars of Baal were destroyed, and Joash "restored the house of God" (24:13). In our assemblies we should "make a covenant with the king [Christ] in the house of God" every time we come together for worship and fellowship. A covenant is a sacred agreement. We should all agree that we will exalt the King of Righteousness and tear down the idols of unrighteousness in our lives. God's protection of Joash extended the line of kings to Jesus. May we continue to make covenant with our King.

Prayer/Song: Lead on, O King Eternal, the day of march has come; henceforth in fields of conquest Thy tents shall be our home. Thro' days of preparation Thy grace has made us strong, and now, O King Eternal, we lift our battle song. (Ernest W. Shurtleff)