In II Chronicles 11:13-17, the priests, Levites, and other faithful followers of the LORD flee Israel to Judah. Jeroboam was taking the people away from their prescribed worship to follow his own prescribed ways of worship. The problem is that only God can tell us how He wants to be worshiped. Jeroboam was worried that people would go to Jerusalem and be swayed back to following Rehoboam. He feared this even though God Himself said He would build Jeroboam a dynasty if he would just obey God.
Jeroboam did not believe God. This is the bottom line in all of our lives - do we believe God or our own wisdom. Choose carefully - your choice has eternal consequences - and some earthly ones, too.
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