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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
2 Chronicles 34:1-7; 2 Chronicles 29-33
Josiah means "The one whom God looks after". We all have the right to bear this beautiful name. Having been watched over from birth by the LORD, Josiah first starts to seek Him at the age of sixteen. He undertakes the great work of revival which has already been looked at in 2 Kings 22, 23.
Some of our readers are perhaps sixteen. They are no longer children; life with all its possibilities opens out before them. Youth is a precious asset which God gives them. How will they use it? Some squander it foolishly . . . and later reap the bitter fruits of it. Others, more wise to life, devote their younger days to preparing a good position for themselves in life. Finally there are the wisest who do as Josiah. First of all they seek the Lord, then they do everything according to His will (see Matthew 6:33). The divine Word was found in the temple during the work. Josiah ensures that all the people benefit from it and makes them serve the LORD (v. 33). The same no longer applies under grace. Obedience to the Lord is not forced upon us. It should flow out from our love for Him.
