Manassah Was Captured And Repents in His Last Days

Humility

Then one day God decided that enough was enough so He sent the of King of Assyria to invade Jerusalem. Manasseh was captured, and they put a hook in his nose and chains on his hands and feet and took him to Babylon (v. 11). All the riches and power which he once had meant nothing. None of the idols he had made could do anything to help him. His situation was hopeless.

Manasseh  remembered that the God of Israel was a second chance God. This murderous, lying, abuser of people, had the nerve to think that if he humbledhimself, God might hear his prayer. He sought the favor of the Lord, his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers (vv. 12-14). And when he prayed, the Lord was moved and listened to his plea; so God brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.

A person whose life had been a complete moral and spiritual disaster, got a second chance from a second chance God and he spent the rest of his life attempting to lead his people back to God (vv. 15-19). We may have blown it in the past but all of us have the opportunity to make a positive difference in what takes place from here on out. Manasseh died and his son Amon became king at the age of 22. Manasseh had turned back to God but Amon disobeyed the Lord, just as his father had done (vv. 20-23). After two years some of his own servants plotted against him and killed him in his own house (v. 24) Then the people of Judah killed the murders of Amon and made Josiah king  (v. 25). Even if we have blown it for the past 20 or 40 years. We don’t have to end up that way.

Application

If I mess up God is always there to forgive me and give me a second chance. He not only forgives but forgets the past and will give me an opportunity to make a positive difference in the future.

II Chronicles 33:11-25 (English Standard Version)


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