REAL REFORMATION

LIGHT FOR THE WAY
(Daily Devotional)

Thursday 14th January 2016

TOPIC: REAL REFORMATION

TEXT: 2Kings 23:3

"The King stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the Lord....And all the people took a stand for the covenant"

I read the story about a preacher that once lived in Liverpool, England called Evangelist J. John. In a crusade he spoke  the eighth commandment of the Bible: "You shall not steal"(Exodus 20:15; Deut. 5:19). The result was very dramatic.
The people's  heart were changed. One author reports that large amounts of stolen goods were returned, including hotel towels, hospital crutches, library books, cash and more. One man who is now in the ministry, even returned towels he had taken from the Wimbledon tennis championships years ago when he worked there.
Something similar happened with King Josiah in the 18th year of his reign. Because of the long line of evil kings, the record of God's law has been had been lost. So when Hilkiah found God's laws and Shaphan read it to King Josiah, the king tore his clothes and immediately began making religious reforms in his own life and throughout the nation, with just one reading of God's word, he changed the course of the nation(2Kings 22:8-23:25).
Today, many own hard copies of the Bible and soft copies on various devices but are we changed by the truth found there? The preaching of the gospel is ever so wide spread but is our nation been changed? We are called to hear, read and obey His word. It should cause us like Josiah to take immediate action to bring our lives and nation in Hamony with God's desires. Then and only then will our lives and nation be revived and we shall have "Good Success(Deuteronomy 1:8).

PRAYER POINT

Father God, grant me more grace to spend time in your word and to fully obey it in Jesus name.

1YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Genesis 24; Matthew 9:14-38;; Psalm 8