2 Chronicles 34:27 (ESV) — because your heart was tender and you humbled
yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its
inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes
and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.
2 Chronicles 34:30 (ESV) — And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with
all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the
Levites, all the people both great and small. And he read in their hearing all
the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the
Lord.
NOTE: It wasn't good
enough for Josiah to be heard and (by God) protected from the disaster that was
to come, he wanted all the people to hear the word of God. There is a specific
mention of the curses, so this does sound like the Book of Deuteronomy because
of the long curses section in chapter 28. I imagine Josiah led off with 28 and
then started again from the beginning of the book. Unlike some other kings who
were only concerned with their own skin, Josiah shows tremendous spiritual
maturity. He was rich. He was protected from disaster. He lived like a king,
literally. But he was concerned for the people and their spiritual lives. I
guess we could also say, he had a true Pastor's heart. He wanted everyone to
know God's word and experience the fullness of walking with God wholly.
PRAYER: Father, I
pray I would respond equally to your word. I pray I would humble my heart. I
pray that I would care so much for the people I minister to that I would not
hold back any of the truth of God's word. But that I would always share it with
gentleness and respect.
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