2 Chronicles 25:14-16 (ESV Strong's)
After Amaziah came from striking down the Edomites, he brought the gods of the men of Seir and set them up as his gods and worshiped them, making offerings to them. Therefore the Lord was angry with Amaziah and sent to him a prophet, who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of a people who did not deliver their own people from your hand?” But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
What Happens When You Follow God with Half a Heart?
In order to understand the above passage you have to read the beginning of this chapter and the writer’s summary of King Amaziah:
2 Chronicles 25:2 (ESV Strong's)
And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not with a whole heart.
The key here is, “... yet not with a whole heart.” When we follow God with a half heart or three-quarters heart, we will end up like Amaziah in the above text. He had just defeated Edom and was filled with pride. When he take the gods of Edom to worship as his own, God asks him why he would want gods that didn’t even deliver those he defeated. This is the utter lack of sense and reasoning of those who are half-in for God. They say with their lips they want to follow God but when then see something else more appealing they dive in to worship it. They mentally aspire to follow God but their eyes and ears and hear are only one-half into God. When that happens the first shinny thing that comes by will attract their attention and they will follow after that rather than God. When we only give God one-half our attention the other half of our heart will certainly lead us astray.
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