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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
2 Chronicles 31:1-8
The Israelites who have responded to Hezekiah’s call have experienced the presence of the LORD and the joy it brings. They now go away, full of enthusiasm, destroying all trace of idolatry throughout the land. Having personally experienced the value of the true worship of Israel, they now realize just how far away from it they had gone before.
This is a vitally important truth! In order to be able to judge evil, one needs first of all to have met the Lord. It is no use simply asking someone to reject the world and its idols. Let us start by leading them to Jesus; fruits will come from that. Such is the lesson which Hezekiah gives us here.
Doing good is equally important as other sacrifices (see Hebrews 13:15-16). The first fruits and the tithes are piled up at the two great annual feasts which followed the Passover: Pentecost in the third month and the feast of Tabernacles in the seventh (v. 7). The king takes what is required for the burnt offerings from his own goods. And the people imitate him, as they had already done in destroying the false gods. Example speaks louder than words. Let us not forget this in our own lives (see 2 Thessalonians 3:7-9).
