2 Chronicles 25

Then Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do about the hundred talents which I have given to the troops of Israel?” And the man of God answered, “The Lord is able to give you much more than this.”  v.9

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Do you ever feel obligated to something due to a previous action?  Is it harder to keep that obligation or to let it go no matter what the situation is?  Well we see an example here with Amaziah.  Amaziah, the king of Judah, is about to go to battle again the people of Seir.  A prophet of the Lord comes to him and tells him not to bring the army of Israel into this battle for the Lord was not with Israel (v.7).  Amaziah wants to do what the prophet has said but questions the obligation he feels he's already put in to it by having paid their troops.  The man of God responds saying the Lord is able to repay that loss of money and so much more, that he ought not to use that as a consideration to not obey the words of the Lord.  Amaziah decides to follow these words of the prophet but as we continue to read the chapter after his victory in the battle against Seir he worships their idols and doesnt heed the man of God that speaks to him when he is called out.  The verse at the beginning of the chapter describing Amaziah sums up well his character: "he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a loyal heart."  He was all works based but no heart toward the Lord in his personal life and relationship with God.  Let us seek obligations to the Lord alone with a loyal heart and ask for discernment in how to handle our obligations with others that it is glorifying to God.