"And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan...And Shaphan read it before the king. And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes" (2 Chron. 34:15,18-19).
When Josiah began to reign over the kingdom of Judah, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the Law in the house of the Lord. When the word of God was read the King came under deep conviction and wept before the Lord because of the sins of his nation. Josiah's contrition brought him into favor with God and peace to his kingdom. When I read that the Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law in the house of the Lord, I had to ask myself, "What was it doing lost?" It's no wonder that the kingdom of Judah had fallen into such idolatry. They had lost track of the Word of God. Any Christian that loses track of their bible will lose track of their lives.
Like Josiah, when was the last time you wept over your sins, the sin of your nation and those around you? If you are not in the word of God regularly you will not be sensitive to sin. In fact, if you're not in the Word I can guarantee you that your heart will become callous and harden by sin. And rather than grieving over sin you’ll be reveling in it. Either your life is being transformed by the word, or it’s being conformed by the world. Do you need to find your bible? Someone has well said, “The Word will keep you from sin or sin will keep you from the Word.
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