历代志下19：神能将人的“失”变“得”
 
GK611晨祷生命读经
30.10.2025
主讲：丘均发传道


一、神的责备为挽回人（代下19:1–3）

1. 因神恩典平安归回（V1）
约沙法原本敬畏神，却犯下大错，与不敬畏神的亚哈结盟出战。结果亚哈阵亡，约沙法也险些丧命。他能“平平安安”回到耶路撒冷，全是神的恩典。神没有因他的错误弃绝他，反而给他一次“平安回头、重新开始”的机会。

我们也常像约沙法，想做对的事却选错伙伴、走错方向，以为一切完了。但神说：“你还没完，因为我还没放弃你！” 祂不是在失败后关门的神，而是张开双臂、等待浪子回家的慈父。

2.责备的警告和鼓励（V2–3）
神透过先知耶户对约沙法的责备，有两个重点：一个是“警告”，一个是“鼓励”。这两样加起来，叫做“责备的恩典”！是要让约沙法更明白神的心意。神的责备是出于爱，要挽回迷失的人。

我们要学会感恩地接受来自神的“责备”，因为能被神责备的人，是神还没放弃的人！

二、从被责备到得恢复（代下19:4–11）

1.重新站对位做对事（V4）
“住在耶路撒冷”象征约沙法回到神同在中，重新“站对位”；“出巡民间”则代表他主动带领百姓归向神，重新行动“做对事”。

人在失败之后，会陷入两种极端：一种是“自责”；另一种是“装没事”。但真正的恢复，是先“安静回到神那里”，因为“站对位”，才会带来对的行动“做对事”。

2.设立审判彰显公义（V5–7）
接着约沙法开始重整国家的制度。他设立审判官，不是为了巩固王权，而是为了恢复神的公义。因为审判不是为人，乃是为耶和华。

今天的我们，也在各自的位置上行使“判断”。但是我们“审判”的出发点，是为自己？为人？还是为主？

3.当敬畏神忠诚办事（V8–11）
约沙法不只设立制度，更设立属灵标准。因为外在的公义需要内在的敬畏来维系；所以他提醒审判官要“敬畏神、忠诚办事”。

神要我们在岗位上“敬畏忠诚”，不是要求完美无缺，而是“敬畏神”让我们不偏离神的标准；“忠心诚实”是即使无人看见，也仍然做对的事。

总结：

无论我们失去方向、信心、机会，甚至自我价值，只要悔改回转，神都能使“失”翻转为“得”！因为祂是责备中有恩典、破碎中有重建、失败中有复活的神！


    
  

2 Chronicles 19：God Can Turn “Loss” into “Gain”!
GK611 Morning Devotion
30 October 2025
Speaker: Ps Daniel Kew 

 I. God’s Rebuke Is to Restore People (2 Chr 19:1–3)

1. Returning Safely by God’s Grace (V1)
Jehoshaphat originally feared God, but he made a grave mistake—he allied himself with Ahab, a king who did not fear God, and went to battle with him. As a result, Ahab died, and Jehoshaphat narrowly escaped death. That he was able to return to Jerusalem “in peace” was purely by God’s grace. God did not abandon him because of his failure; instead, He gave him another chance to “return in peace and start anew.”

We are often like Jehoshaphat—wanting to do what’s right but choosing the wrong partners or paths, and thinking it’s all over. Yet God says, “It’s not over, because I have not given up on you!” He is not the God who shuts the door after failure, but the loving Father who keeps His arms open, waiting for the prodigal to come home.

2. A Rebuke That Warns and Encourages (V2–3)
Through the prophet Jehu, God’s rebuke to Jehoshaphat carried two purposes: a warning and an encouragement. Together, they form what we might call the grace of rebuke—a correction rooted in love, meant to draw the lost back to Him.

We must learn to gratefully receive God’s rebuke, because to be rebuked by God means God has not given up on us!

 II. From Being Rebuked to Being Restored (2 Chr 19:4–11)

1. Standing in the Right Place and Doing the Right Thing (V4)
“Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem” symbolizes his return to God’s presence—he stood once again in the right position before God. Then he “went out among the people,” actively leading them back to God—taking the right actions from the right place.

After failure, people often fall into two extremes: self-condemnation or pretending nothing happened. True restoration begins with quietly returning to God, because only when we stand in the right place we can do the right things.

2. Establishing Justice to Display God’s Righteousness (V5–7)
Jehoshaphat then reformed the nation’s judicial system. He appointed judges—not to strengthen his own rule, but to restore God’s righteousness—because judgment belongs to the Lord, not man.

Today, each of us also exercises judgment in our own areas of life. But what is the motive behind our decisions—for ourselves, for others, or for the Lord?

3. Serving with Reverence and Faithfulness (V8–11)
Jehoshaphat not only established systems but also set spiritual standards. External justice must be upheld by inner reverence. Thus he reminded the judges to fear God and act faithfully.

God does not demand perfection from us; He calls us to be reverent and faithful. Reverence 

keeps us aligned with His standards; faithfulness means doing what is right even when no one is watching.

 Conclusion：

No matter what we have lost—our direction, confidence, opportunities, or sense of worth—if we repent and return, God can turn our “loss” into “gain.”
For He is the God whose rebuke carries grace, whose brokenness leads to rebuilding, and whose failure brings forth resurrection!