Read the Bible in a Year This morning read Second Chronicles 21 and 22 The Lust For Power What will people do to have power? What will people do in the name of "business"? They will run over anyone. The following verse is shocking, but it shows the extreme to which people will go to acquire what they want. 10 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs of the house of Judah (2 Chr. 22:10). This means that she killed members of her family, even; now get this, her own grandsons! Her husband had killed his brothers (21:4), so why not kill grandsons! Even as envy in the heart of the chief priests moved them to crucify Christ (Mar. 15:10) and envy in our hearts puts us on that same path to destroy another person, so the lust for power puts us on the same path as Jehoram and Athaliah to destroy whoever stands in our way. Beware! If you have this problem, clean out your heart and replace the lust for power with love for God and for others immediately. Don Ruhl Church of Christ 220 NE Savage Street Grants Pass, Oregon 97526-1310 541-476-3100 http://www.plymouth-church.com/dons_corner2.html http://associate.com/groups/emaildevotionals/