INTRODUCTION

During Bible times, even the average individual understood a great deal concerning agriculture. This meant that the laws of sowing and reaping were quite familiar to them. They understood that sowing seed was done in hopes of reaping a harvest of that which was sown. Today’s passage explains that the froward man chooses to sow strife. In other words, there are some in society who look for strife and where it does not exist, they will sow the seeds of strife so that it sprouts even where it did not originally exist. Why would they do this? Some people revel in seeing the fruits of arguments, wars, strife, envy, debate, and other such things. The froward man simply finds a way to instigate problems and exploit situations by creating lies or exaggerations to accomplish his sordid purposes.

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For children): Jezebel was a wicked queen. She stirred up strife against Naboth because he refused to sell a vineyard to her husband. She wrote letters to the rulers of the city telling them to hire men to lie about Naboth hoping that he would be eliminated. Jezebel’s actions caused Naboth to be stoned (1 Kings 21:8-13 [8] So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. [9] And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: [10] And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. [11] And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. [12] They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. [13] And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
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• (For everyone): Do you know people who choose to sow strife? What has he or she done in order to sow strife? Has this person lied? Has this person twisted others’ words in order to create conflict?
• How can you help to solve the problems caused by those who revel in sowing strife? Are others buying the lies of the froward? Can you help to stop the strife? How might you be able to do so?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask God to convict you if you sow seeds of strife.
• Ask God to help you repair the damage of the forward.

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