Mark Watson

Another tough week at work made the readings hard to squeeze in.  I’m staying on-site at my facility in Mississippi through the week.  To top off a tough work week, the readings in Kings were a little tedious too.

The readings this week were taken from I Kings 13-22, Jonah 1-4, Philemon, and Psalms 87-91.  The highlights were as follows:

• The kingship of Jeroboam and Rehoboam, Kings of Israel and Judah
• The various kings that followed each of them and their commitment or lack thereof to God.
• When the Kings followed God, their kingship was blessed.  When they veered off that path, God cursed their reign.
• Some great stories of Elijah.  I love how God feeds him by ravens delivering his food!
• The story of Naboth’s vineyard and the corruption of Jezebel and Ahab.
• Jonah foolishly runs from God.  Repents.  Preaches to Ninevah.  Ninevah repents and Jonah sulks.
• Paul writes to Philemon about his servant Onesimus and how he is now a Christian.
• More Psalms praising God’s glory but at the same time questioning His absence in their time of need.