Where Revival Begins!
"Now before him
there was no king like him,
who turned to the Lord with all his heart, with
all his soul, and with all his might, according
to all the Law of Moses; nor after him did
any arise like him."
2 Kings 23: 25
Josiah was crowned king of Judah at age eight.
When he was twenty years old, he instituted spiritual
and religious reforms in Judah. Why? Workers in the
temple found a copy of the Book of the Law which
had been ignored (2 Kings 22).
Josiah called the people together and read
the words of
the covenant of God with Israel and called on the people
to renew their obedience. He set about to remove all the
centers of idol worship in the land and removed priests
who had served false gods (2 Kings 23).
When Josiah was 26 years old, he declared that
Passover should be celebrated, a feast that had
been ignored for years. No king before or
after
Josiah did as much to revive faithfulness to
God in Judah.
And it all began with the discovery
and application of the Word of God.
Whether nation or
individual,
revival begins with reading
and applying the Word of
God.
"It may be said that revivals
thrive on the
Word and the
Word is exalted in revivals."
Arthur Skevington Wood
