As I get ready
      to teach Second Kings.
Some people do tell me
      they want current things.
My answer to them
      is “open the book.”
Read from its pages
      and take a good look.
Change a few places,
      change a few names.
We’re not all that different
      despite all our claims.

Why do we try
      so hard to avoid.
Reading of things
      of which we have toyed.
Could it just be
      we don’t like to read.
Reminders of danger
      we’d rather not heed?
We like to think,
      as we see their defeat.
They made mistakes
      that we’d never repeat.

Look in the mirror
      and check out the news.
Pursuing God first,
      we don’t always choose.
His discipline comes
      and we are quite shocked.
But how very often
      His name, have we mocked?
We need to learn
      how people did live.
To help us pursue Him
      and the good He would give.

The history God gives me,
      I should not ignore.
He has a reason
      that He’s given it for.
He wants me to learn
      a lesson or two.
On how I should seek Him
      and how to treat you.
To seek Him above
      all other things.
Is a lesson that’s found
      in the books of the Kings.
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I was spending time with God and going through tonight’s Bible study lesson from 2 Kings and a poem started to appear.  I thought it was just going to be one verse/stanza kind of for fun, but it kept flowing.  I pray that God uses this for His glory and purposes.

In prayer,
Tom