Romans 10:17 Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.
I have been reading in II Kings about King Josiah. He became King when he was 8 years old and reigned 31 years. When he was 16 years old, he began to seek the Lord. When he was 20, he began to purge his kingdom of idols. When he was 26, he was working to repair the house of the Lord, so he sent some men to the house to gather the money collected from the people for the repairs. When they entered the house of the Lord and started digging around, they found the book of the law. (their bible) It had been discarded by past Kings obviously considered unimportant.
In Deut. 17:19-20, (talking about the book of the Law) “It shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, by carefully observing all the words of the law and these statutes, 20. that his heart may not be lifted up above his countrymen, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Isreal.”
Josiah had the book of law read to him and his eyes where opened.
Oh, that the same thing would happen in our time! The very book that God has given us to guide us through life, would be important in our homes and personal lives.
Yet, so often is set on a shelf to gather dust, as we try to maneuver through life without the “map.” Every answer we need is in God’s word, although at times, we try to figure out the answers in our own mind.
Josiah was spared from God’s wrath because he did what was “right in the sight of the Lord.”
Wonder why we struggle so much with reading and studying the bible? There is an enemy that knows this very thing. He will do anything to distract us from the very book that gives us life.
It is essential for our walk as Christ Followers!
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