Good Kings will receives God's Good Favor - 2 Kings 11-15

When you provide leadership training to the unbelieving world you love the books of First and Second Kings. They are (or, should be if they are not) required reading for all those who wish to be a leader - believer and unbeliever alike. You can't help but see the correlation between how leaders obey God and how they then experience His favor. One of the greatest leaders ever was King Solomon. We started with him in the book of 1 Kings. He understood the relationship between obeying God and receiving God's favor. In Proverbs 12:2 we read, "A good man will obtain favor from the Lord, but He will condemn a man who devises evil." You can see from Solomon's words via the Holy Spirit that 2 Kings is filled with examples of this truth. God has given us some great looks into the life of leadership and what happens when we obey God and when we don't. If you are a leader heed the examples you read here. God is wanting to bless you and show you His favor. If you are follower and you follow a Godly leader pray that God will fulfill these words and these same examples in 2 Kings. If you follow a poor leader and one who devises evil in their leadership pray for them. They are directly in the path of God's condemnation and judgment. They will need your prayers.