2 Chronicles 12:14New American Standard Bible (NASB)
14 He did evil because he
did not set his heart to seek the Lord.
We can draw a lot from this one verse. First we see the
obvious: he (Rehoboam) did what was wrong because he didn’t seek God. The
Amplified says that he didn’t seek to yearn for God. He didn’t determine to
make seeking God first priority in his life. It’s not that he was planning to
turn from God, or even that he didn’t follow God at all, but he wasn’t diligent
or passionate, resolved to only seek after God and to place that first in his
life. If you set your heart to seek God you are not only trying to seek God,
but making that your heart’s desire. It is so much more than “trying to be
good” or just doing your best to follow God.