The Need for Reform
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2 Kings 22
2 Kings 22
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
Hearing stories about guys like this strike me very deeply. He did not turn to the right or to the left, he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. It is my hope and prayer that the same thing be said about me some day. I want to walk well on the narrow path and to never waiver from it. I know there will be times that I fail but I must come right back.
Men like this are what we need more of today. We need more people to do what is right in the eyes of the Lord. We need people to walk in the way that he lays out for us. There is a lack of this in our world today. People are beginning to think that church is something that is optional and that reading your Bible and praying are only for the extra spiritual. This just isn’t so. We should desire to be in church every Lords Day over being at home or being at a sporting event. We should desire to be in the word of God and be talking to God over mindlessly scrolling through our phones.
What this is creating is a culture of kids that don’t see their parents taking it seriously so they don’t do it at all. Or people from the outside seeing people that claim faith but they certainly don’t live it. It is shifting our culture in the direction that we see it going today. I heard a pastor once say that if everyone were to dust off their Bible at the same time it would be the biggest dust storm in history. We live in a godless culture where everyone does what is right in their own eyes and they know what’s right but choose not to do it.
In the days of Josiah he did many reforms. He repaired the temple and after finding the books of the law he brought them back. In the same way we need to begin to have reforms in our day today. We need to be focused on the word of God and have a very high view of it as Josiah did when they found it. We need to work to live lives that reflect our faith and not turn to the right or to the left. We need to work to follow God with our entire being.
Josiah started when he was young but we can start at whatever age we are at right now. We need reformation in our lives and in our churches and that will lead to revival.
