The gold standard, as it was for kings, was if they walked or followed in the way of David. In the historical books, one could know immediately if someone was good if they walked in the way of his father, David. However, if the Bible said that they didn’t walk in the way of David, then you knew they would be part of something terrible. As this chapter begins, it speaks of the king who is sitting on the throne of David. This to me hearkens back to these words. This king was in the place where David was. They had the example of what they should be doing and weren’t. They were on the throne of David, but not acting like David. It's like for those in the USA, that someone would be sitting in the seat of Washington and Lincoln, but not acting presidential. It says to me Do you see where you are sitting?
Today, we in the church need to look at where we are sitting. We are in the seat that Jesus and the apostles made for us. Are we living into that? Are we walking in their ways? Or is the fact that we are here making a mockery of the church? Let us be worthy of the seat we are in.
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