And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the Book of the Law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah gave the Book to Shaphan, and he read it. And Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought the king word again, and said, Your servants have gathered the silver that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workers, who have the oversight of the house of Jehovah. And Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a Book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
(2Ki 22:8-10)
The Word of God has been rediscovered! Can you imagine? The people had grown so cold toward the Lord that the Word of God was lost, buried with other junk in the temple. Look what happens though. They FIND IT, and they READ IT. Then, they bring it to the king and READ IT TO HIM.
The Word has the effect that it is supposed to. It immediately cuts the king to the heart, and he realizes just how sinful they have become. They have radically disregarded the laws of God, and the king repents, and tears his clothes.
The Bible tells us many things about itself. One of the things it says is that it is “Alive, and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword; able to divide between the joints and marrow, the soul and the spirit. It is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” It really is alive, and how it can reveal the sin in our lives, and the way we have inappropriately dealt with God.
Two things are revealed when we read the word of God: The truth about Him, and the truth about us. In our story today, Josiah had his first encounter with the power of God’s word to reveal truth; the truth about
Maybe you haven’t “lost” God’s word, but have just forgotten how powerful it is. I pray that today as you read it, it would reveal truth to you. Truth about WHO GOD IS and the truth about HOW MUCH YOU NEED HIM.
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