2 Chronicles 34:3 (ESV) — For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet
a boy, he began to seek the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he
began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, and the
carved and the metal images.
NOTE: Verse one
tells us that Joshua was eight years old when he began to reign. When he was
16, he began to seek God, and when he was 20 he started purging Judah and
Jerusalem of certain idols and false practices. I imagine the knowledge of what
happened to his Father, and the counsel of his staff encouraged him to behave
different from his Father. But the scripture also says that he began to seek
God. Real change does not occur without God. We can write laws, we can vote for
"just" representatives, but real change in our country will only
occur when people seek God. It appears that a very significant percentage of
the nation has no interest in God. Another large group is moral, but does not
seek God. Another group is religious, but do not have a living relationship
with the savior. And a small minority actually put God first as evidenced by
daily time in the word, daily prayer, application of the word's truth to their
life, and a witness that has a sweet attractive aroma. It is discouraging --
not because of the nation's drift, but because people are misled by a worldview
that will only destroy them.
PRAYER: Father, I
still pray for mercy toward my nation. Open our eyes to our foolishness. I pray
we would repent. I pray we would understand that things are not getting better.
We are just destroying ourselves in our rush to be rid of you. Have mercy I pray.
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