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Reading 1 Kings 14:1-31. Jeroboam recognizes that he has separated himself from God, that he's turned his back on God. He can't approach Ahijah who\u2019s the very one who gave him the prophecy that God was going to bless him and make him king. Jeroboam was right in recognizing that his sin had separated him from the right to approach God. And it points to our need for Jesus to give us that right, to approach God, to cleanse us and make us holy before God. Twice in the book of Judges in chapter 17:6 and in 21:12, it said, \u201cIn those days, Israel had no king, all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.\u201d And I see that continuing in Jeroboam's life and in Rehoboam\u2019s life. 2 Chronicles chapter 12 verse 8, really stood out to me, \u201cso that they will know the difference between serving me and serving earthly rulers.\u201d God showing his people. Ok. These are the choices you made. So, experience life with an earthly king versus a heavenly king. Matthew 18:6, \u201cIf you cause any one of these little ones who trust me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.\u201d When we have that divided loyalty, when we're not following after God, our life is lived as a bad example. The cost of being the disciple is the ultimate surrender of our perceived right, to be the king of our own life, to go where we want to go, to do whatever seems right in our own eyes. Ezekiel 34:23 says, \u201cand I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David and he will feed them and be a shepherd to them. And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David will bring peace among my people. I the Lord have spoken.\u201d God's heart is that somebody feed the sheep to care for them to nurture them. God's heart is that somebody feed the sheep to care for them to nurture them.