‘Thus Josiah removed all the abominations from all the country that belonged to the children of Israel, and made all who were present in Israel diligently serve the Lord their God. All his days they did not depart from following the Lord God of their fathers.’
II Chronicles 34:33
I’m learning.
And.
God.
Has been.
Faithful.
In.
Teaching me.
That.
Leaders.
In.
Christ.
Must.
Set.
The example.
Of.
How.
To.
Handle.
Adversity.
And.
Affliction.
But.
Remain.
Confident.
In.
The Lord!
This morning.
As I.
Read.
II Chronicles 34.
I noticed.
How.
King Josiah.
Cleaned.
Up.
Judah.
And.
Jerusalem.
‘For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images. ‘
II Chronicles 34:3
Also.
I noticed.
How.
He brought.
The entire.
Land.
Of.
Judah.
And.
Jerusalem.
Together.
To.
Reestablish.
The covenant.
With.
The Lord!
‘Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. The king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem—the priests and the Levites, and all the people, great and small. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant which had been found in the house of the Lord. 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. And he made all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. ‘
II Chronicles 34:29-32
Yesterday.
I learned.
From.
Pastor Cochran.
That.
A true.
Leader.
In.
Christ.
Is.
Real.
Genuine.
And.
An example.
For.
Others.
To.
Follow.
On.
Their.
Walk.
With.
Christ.
Also.
I learned.
That.
A true.
Christian.
Isn’t.
Ashamed.
Of.
The gospel.
And.
Will.
Accept.
Whatever.
Persecution.
Comes.
With it!
‘For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. ‘
Romans 1:16
Look.
The Lord.
Has been.
Dealing.
With me.
About.
Cleaning up.
My life.
And.
Preparing.
Myself.
For.
What.
He is.
About.
To do!
Also.
He has.
Been.
Dealing.
With me.
About.
Leading.
Others.
Back.
To.
Him.
Through.
The example.
I live.
By.
Daily!
I pray.
That you.
Learn.
That.
Your.
Suffering .
And.
Persecution.
Is.
Bigger.
Than you!
Also.
I pray.
That.
You handle.
It well.
So.
Others.
Can see.
How.
You handle.
Adversity.
And.
Affliction.
But.
Remain.
Confident.
In.
The Lord!
I love you!
And.
I pray your day is blessed!
In Jesus name, Amen!
