KING AMON

2ND CHRONICLES 33:21-26

ITS MY  LIFE, ITS MY CHOICE

"Amons officials plotted against him and assasinated him in the palace" v24

We are where we are in life because of the sum total of our own choices. With the exception of birth all almost all other areas are within our choice.And Amon chose the "tresspassing life". Maybe,like his father, he wanted to sow his wild oats before choosing to follow God. But what King Amon did not realize was this- no two life patterns repeat itself in exactly the same way. The only thing that repeats in  life is its utter unpredictability.

 "Amon trespassed more and more..." Enjoy while you can. But his fun  was cut short. And when he was not anticipating it, the downfall came from his own quarters and his life ended. (Such is the price one has to pay for being ignorant of the people who mingle around us.)Life choices are a simmering battleground for Christains. In an inherently morally decayed society, where almost everything is available for our indulgence, we are forced to restrain our feet on a daily basis.A certain choice can be pleasurable for a season but can turn catastrophic as it was for King Amon.

If we chose the evil and hope to turn to God in some future day like King Amon there is always a possibility that we may suddenly be confronted with some unforeseeable pain and tragedy.Since there is no one on earth to tell us our appointed time, it is prudent to stay away from all appearance of  evil and respond to God early in life.

Understand this.Life ends abruptly for many people cutting their dreams short.We read about them in the daily news.Tragic accidents, brutal murders and victims of  horrific abuse. Since life is so fragile, include in your  prayers  "And deliver us from all evil." Don't walk in Amons footsteps.

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth" (Psalm 34:16).