Jehoshaphat's Alliance

2 Chronicles 17 to 21
These scriptures give us a picture of a man who had a good beginning, but a bad ending. He made bad alliances and reaped the consequences. "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.'
Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahab was a bad one. The bad seed brought a bad crop. This principle is as true today as it was then and it is as applicable to Christians as to others. Let us beware, therefore, of joining hands with those who do not know the Lord Jesus Christ.
We need to remember that God's governmental dealings, even though we are saved, are the same with us as with the unsaved. With Jehoshaphat there was zeal for God at times, but at this time he was off his guard.
His beginning was a very happy one and he was in God's favor. "The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David." 2 Cor. 17:3. How wonderful to be in the place approved by God and what satisfaction to rest in His favor! It is a wonderful thing that God loves us. Think who God is, and who we are. The One who made the worlds thinks of us. How wonderful!