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2 Kings chapter 9, verse 3.

Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say,

Thus says the Lord, I anoint you king over Israel.

Then open the door and flee. Do not linger.

I read this verse because this chapter, Second King's Chapter 9, is filled with events happening

just as God has said. So King Joram dies, just as God had said.

So does Jezebel, his mother.

Jehu becomes king, just as God has said.

It's this constant refrain in this chapter.

And as we read it, we see these pictures, these truths, realities that are so foundational for our lives that God is sovereign over all things, that God is ultimately in control, which sure is good news as we read through 1st, Kings, 2nd Kings,

and just this digression of sin and evil among God's people to know that things are not ultimately out of control,

that God is ultimately sovereign and in control, that His word is true,

that what God has said will come to fruition,

that God's Word will prove true in time, that God's justice will reign in time, and all of these

truths are reasons to put our trust in God.

As we read His Word day in and day out, and we meditate on it in the morning and the evening

to know that we are reading the Word of one, the God who is sovereign over all things,

who is in control too, the God whose Word is true, the God whose Word sovereign over all things, who is in control, two, the God whose word is true,

the God whose word will prove true, and the God whose justice will ultimately reign.

And so we pray together based on 2nd Kings chapter 9 and really all of the Bible.

God, we place all of our trust in you, especially amidst hard days

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