2 Chronicles 33:12-13 "And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God."
The entire first part of the chapter is a litany of Manasseh's sins and evil, wicked deeds. And when things were going well for him, there was no end in sight of his wickedness. It took affliction and pain to jolt him awake, to see his sin for what it was.
The word 'humbled' here is the idea of being brought low and putting oneself into subjection under another. Every sin has a root of pride, where I act as if I know better than God, where I act as if I am the authority in my own life. Humility, willingly bringing myself into subjection under God, is the only cure for this.
Can I learn from the story of Manasseh today and humble myself before God now instead of waiting until the time of affliction? This life is so short, why waste time?
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