Second Chronicles 17:3-6 recalls the character and acts of King Jehoshaphat. God was with the King and one of the things the Lord notes about Jehoshaphat was that “he was devoted to the ways of the Lord.” [NLT]
“The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because in his early years he walked in the ways his father David had followed. He did not consult the Baals but sought the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel. The LORD established the kingdom under his control; and all Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so that he had great wealth and honor. His heart was devoted to the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah.” [NIV]
The ways of the Lord are made for worshipping!
The one notable thing in this passage about Jehoshaphat is that He worshipped God singularly. He did not follow the pagan practices that Israel had developed. He did not allow the high places of idolatry or the pagan worship symbols to remain but instead removed them from the nation. He worshipped God and God alone.
Our hearts are to be singularly devoted to the ways of God. We are not to be half-hearted. We are not to develop idols in our lives. Granted none of us probably has an Baal image in our backyard, but we may have created an idol in our 401K or in another person, or a hobby, or a religion, or a practice or an attitude.
The Lord God Almighty is to be the center of our lives; we were made to worship, to honor, to adore Him and Him alone.
The ways of the Lord are made for worshipping!