Kings and Kingdoms Week Three - Josiah
NOTES:
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight and followed the example of his ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing what was right.
During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and the carved idols and cast images.
In the eighteenth year of his reign, after he had purified the land and the Temple, Josiah appointed Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of Jerusalem, and Joah son of Joahaz, the royal historian, to repair the Temple of the Lord his God…
They hired carpenters and builders, who purchased finished stone for the walls and timber for the rafters and beams. They restored what earlier kings of Judah had allowed to fall into ruin….
While they were bringing out the money collected at theLord’s Temple, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the Lord that was written by Moses. Hilkiah said to Shaphan the court secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the Lord’s Temple!” Then Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan….
So, Shaphan read it to the king. When the king heard what was written in the Law, he tore his clothes in despair….
2 Chronicles 34:1-8, 11, 14-15, 18-19 (NLT)
How do we encounter God through the Bible?
READ IT
MEDITATE ON IT
LIVE IT
BOTTOM LINE:
Whatever keeps you from your Bible is your enemy!
CHALLENGE:
Read Matthew 5-7 this week