“Thus it happened, when the king heard the words of the Law, that he tore his clothes.”
II Chronicles 34 : 19 (New King James Version)
King Josiah became king when he was 8 years old and he reigned for 31 years in Jerusalem. Now Josiah unlike his father king Amon, did what was right in the sight of the Lord. We read in the previous verses that Josiah sought the Lord and he began to get rid of all the high places, wooden images, the carved images , and the molded images. And in the eighteenth year of his reign he began to repair the house of the Lord.
Now as they were repairing the house of God, Hilkiah the high priest found the book of the Law of the Lord given by Moses.. Now Shaphan the scribe brought the book to the king Josiah and read it before him. Now when Josiah heard the words of the Law he tore his clothes.
Why did he do that ? The Bible says he sought the Lord … we read that he did things that were right in the sight of the Lord…. He got rid of every idol and he even began repairing the house of God. Then why ? Why was he convicted so much when the words of the Law of the Lord were read ?
Because that’s how Holy our God is !!
We read in verse 21 that Josiah says “Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for those who are left in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do according to all that is written in this book”
Because the word of the Lord was not kept to do according to ALL that was written in this book. Wow ! What his fathers (generations above him) had not done… areas where he had failed …everything just became alive to him. The words of the Lord convicted him.
We might think ‘hey u know what I’m doing a lot of things right … so I’m good’…. We forget how Holy and spotless our Lord is. Sin is sin…doesn’t matter if its big or small… It doesn’t matter if it’s the very act of sexual immorality or a lustful message or an immoral desire… They are all counted equal in His sight… SIN !!
We read in James 2:10 “For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all”
Be it anger, a lie , drunkenness, a lustful conversation , an immoral message , idle words, pride, …. CAST IT OUT ! It has no part in our lives ! If the internet connection at home is source of temptation and filth for you then CUT IT OFF !! If that relationship is causing immoral desires then cut it off !! If you think your circle of friends cause you to drink and smoke then cut them off !!
We serve a HOLY God !! As we read His word I pray that we are convicted of our sin . I pray that we humble ourselves in His sight and seek Him with all our heart and our soul.
We read in verse 31 ‘Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD, to follow the LORD, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.”
God Bless
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