Day 232..."After David and Solomon...Highway of the Lord...Rich Toward God"

The road gets bumpy after David and Solomon. The Kingdom begins to crumble. Rehoboam seeks advice but makes things harder and, consequently; there is a revolt. This rebellion would subside some, but, as we read earlier in I and II Kings...the kingdom would begin to crumble. Isaiah writes of a highway of the Lord filled with wonderful images..." Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of jackals, where they lie down,the grass shall become reeds and rushes. And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness." In five chapters, we will read of greater signs of hope for a better day for Israel. The parable of rich fool tells of the folly of becoming rich in possesions but not toward God. A wise life is one that is rich toward God. How simple this message is but how quickly we forget and live the "bigger barn syndrome."