Archive for March 18th, 2010
Do others see you as unwavering in your devotion to God? (113-4)
Leaders can never call others to a greater level of commitment than they themselves possess. Read 2 Chronicles 29:4-11.
Hezekiah became king of an ungodly people based on the practices of his father Ahaz’s rule. He had even seen his brothers given as human sacrifice to his father’s superstitions and fears. He believed in the one true God of Israel and determined to lead the people back to faithful worship of this God. He determined to re-establish the temple as the center of worship and to bring back the keepers of the temple, those who could do the work required to keep the temple and rightfully offer sacrifices – the priests and Levites his father had banished from Jerusalem.