When the Scriptures were discovered and
brought to Josiah, King of Judah, he had an interesting reaction. He tore his clothes, which was a sign of
repentance. He did not mull things
over. He did not ask for second
opinions. He did try to rationalize his
way out of what he heard. He took the
word of God seriously and responded immediately.
I would like to say that is my reaction
whenever I read the Bible, but if I said that, you would know I was lying. We may think about a difficult passage,
promising God and ourselves we will do something with it when we have figured
it out, but…. Yeah, right. We may try to find a commentary that reads it
in a different way to let us off the hook.
We may tell ourselves that the passage only applied to people back in
biblical times, but not to us today.
Josiah sets us with a challenge. Do we dare to respond immediately to what we
read? Do we have the courage, the good,
old-fashioned guts to take the Bible at face value and do what it says without
question? It is a challenge I would like
to try.
Lord, Your word convicts, guides, and instructs
me. It is a lamp for my feet and a light
for my path. Give me the courage to
follow it rather than my own darkened reason.
In the name of Jesus, the Word made flesh and the true light in our
darkness, I pray. Amen.Copyright © 2013 by Steven R. Perkins
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