What Made Hezekiah Incredibly Successful - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 2 Chronicles 31:3-4,

"The king [Hezekiah] contributed from his own possessions for the morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New Moons and at the appointed festivals as written in the Law of the Lord. He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due the priests and Levites so they could devote themselves to the Law of the Lord."

I note in both these consecutive verses a reference is made to the "Law of the Lord". Hezekiah was instrumental in bringing what was left of the nation back to the Lord by cleansing and consecrating the temple, reestablishing the temple worship, and re-instituting the Law of the Lord in the land. King Hezekiah stands out as a wonderful leader in the history of the nation of Israel.

"The Law of the Lord" refers to what we have in our Bibles. The first five books, the "Pentateuch", written down by Moses (and, no, not some scissors and paste extravaganza envisioned by unbelievers who hold to the J, E, P, D theory of its origin, the "documentary hypothesis" in a ridiculous attempt to discredit Moses' writings) provides direction in the reforms Hezekiah brought to the nation - reforms to put the nation back on course with what the Lord intended for his people.

King Hezekiah took direction from the Bible. 

As believers today, rather than "rolling-our-own" flavor of what we might imagine our Creator may want from us, we need to use the Scriptures for the purposes God revealed them in the first place. We only need to know what our Bibles have to say and give ourselves to what they have to say.

Of course, this means we need to crack them open and read for ourselves what the Lord has to say. I can't think of a better use of our time.

Hezekiah did.

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!

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