Bringing God's Blessing, Reward and Happiness To Us - 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 31:20-21,

"This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. In everything that he undertook in the service of God's temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered."

Although Hezekiah exhibited a small episode of the weakness of pride toward the end of his life - proving the scriptural principle that all are sinful, including the Lord's heroes we read of - here is the summation of the Scripture's view of Hezekiah: "he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God."

The result of these choices Hezekiah made was to be blessed by the Lord, "And so he prospered."

Hezekiah turned out to be a good fit for the Lord's agenda as he moved the nation directly into the plans and purposes of God. The end outcome of the Lord's agenda through Israel was to provide redemption to all mankind and use the nation as an important tool in that enterprise.

The connection between "he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God" and "And so he prospered" can't be missed. Even though we may not be royalty and the head of a nation to be used by God to bring his Son into the world, we nevertheless have the same opportunity to live our lives for God and find his blessing, his reward, his happiness with us.

I think this is an important message for us today. How about you?

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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