7-3-10 Saturday, 6:07 am; Another beautiful morning in the Ozarks – 67 degrees, mostly sunny as it rises in the east.
Yesterday I finished staining the deck, put away the wading pool, and mowed the lawn. Today I will work on getting the car and house ready for our trip. My body is sore from the bending, reaching, stretching, lifting, and I am fulfilled in a job well done. I have been dreading the work involved in washing and staining this deck. Now it is done until 2012.
II Kings 22:3-23:30
The word of God is discovered in the remodeling of the temple, and when read to Josiah in the 18th year of his reign, he makes sweeping reforms. He demolishes the pagan shrines, executes the pagan priests on their own altars, removes the living quarters for the male and female shrine prostitutes from within the temple and restores the celebration of the Passover. His work earned him the description in 23:25 “Never before had there been a king like Josiah, who turned to the Lord with all his heart and soul and strength, obeying all the laws of Moses. And there has never been a king like him since.”
Even so, Josiah was killed in battle by Pharoah Neco of Egypt who was aligned with the king of Assyria. Josiah is remembered as a man who feared God, worked hard to serve Him, and in fulfilling his duties as king, lost his life. Guide me Lord as I live faithfully obeying your word, serving you at home, through the church, and in the world. Guard me from the pagan practices of this culture, and lead me in the way that leads to life everlasting through the atoning blood of Jesus the Christ.
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